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OFFICIAL: Edgar Davids Signs With Barca

Davids will now be patrolling Barca's midfield (Getty Images)

01/11/2004. Edgar Davids has signed a contract with Barcelona and will join them on loan for the remainder of this season, as Soccerage.com is the first to bring you this breaking story.

Reports out of Spain suggest that all parties involved have agreed to a deal.

Barcelona's official website has also confirmed that an agreement has been reached with Davids.

Barca president Joan Laporta and Davids held talks that went late into Sunday night, but a deal was reached and the 31-year-old will join fellow countrymen Kluivert, Overmars, Cocu, Van Bronckhorst, Reiziger and manager Rijkaard at the club.

Barcelona's director of football Txiki Begiristain, told reporters after the meeting that Davids could be in the lineup for the club's Copa del Rey match against Levante in midweek.

"It's all down to how fast all the paper work gets done, but he could play in the Cup this week," he said.

"We're very happy with the deal. Davids can help us in a lot of ways," he added

Intially, Barcelona will not have to pay anything to Juventus for Davids but they will pay his contract of 1.2 million euros for the remainder of this season.

Barca officials, including the aforementioned Laporta and Begiristain, left the Nou Camp after Sunday's match with Zaragoza for talks with Davids at a Barcelona hotel and an agreement was announced shortly after midnight local time.

The Dutch midfielder, who was born in Surinam, is already in Spain and will begin training with the club immediately.

Davids is set to take his medical at noon on Monday at the Centro de Medicina Deportiva FC Barcelona Sanitas.

According to the Spanish press, Davids will be officially presented to fans at the Nou Camp on Monday.

Davids joins the Catalan side on loan for the remainder of this season, and the club will hold the option of offering him a permanent contract in June.

His contract with Juventus expires on June 30th 2004 and he is expected to sign a long term deal with Barca.

Davids has made 57 international appearances with Holland and has played with Ajax (1991-1996), AC Milan (1996-1997) and Juventus (1997-2004).

But this season, Juve manager Marcello Lippi made it clear that Davids did not feature in his plans and would not be offered a new deal when contract expires at the end of the season.

Nicknamed "the pit-bull" for his tireless work in the heart of midfield, he will fit in nicely at Barca who are in dire need of help these days.

Davids emerged as one of Europe's best midfielders when he played alongside Frank Rijkaard in Ajax's 1995 European Cup winning squad.

He was an integral part of the Dutch team that made it to the semi-finals of Euro 2000.

He won three Serie A titles with Juventus, which include last season's triumph as well as the 1997/1998 and 2001/2002 seasons.

In 2001, Davids tested positive for the steroid nandrolone after a Serie A match against Udinese.

He maintained his innocence and made a successful return to action after serving a four-month ban.

In 54 appearences with Juventus he bagged 8 goals despite playing in the defensive portion of midfield.

soccerage.com

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Davids wechselt zum FC Barcelona

Nach den zuletzt wenig aufregenden Leistungen in der Primera Division wurde der FC Barcelona auf dem Transfermarkt aktiv.

Der spanische Tabellen-Siebente holte den 59-fachen holländischen Teamspieler Edgar Davids leihweise bis Saisonende von Juventus Turin. Die Katalanen bezahlen dem 30-Jährigen ein Gehalt von 1,2 Mio. Euro. Für den Rest kommen die Italiener auf.

Davids verlor aufgrund eines Streits mit Juventus-Trainer Lippi seinen Stammplatz. Mit Juve holte er seit 1997 drei Meistertitel.

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