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FC Barcelona signs Chilean footballer Arturo Vidal from Bayern
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August 5, 2018
Original URL: https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/FC_Barcelona_signs_Chilean_footballer_Arturo_Vidal_from_Bayern


On Friday, via a press release, FC Bayern Munich announced reaching an
agreement with Spanish football club FC Barcelona for the transfer of
Arturo Vidal. The Chilean midfielder was to sign a three-year contract
with Barcelona after his medical examination.
[[File:Russia-Chili (2).jpg|thumb|left|File photo of Arturo Vidal. 
([https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en CC BY-SA 3.0])
31-year-old Vidal joined the German giants FC Bayern in 2015 from
Italian side Juventus FC. Since joining Bayern, Vidal has scored 22
goals, in 124 matches in all competitions. He also provided eighteen
assists. During his tenure at Allianz Arena, Vidal has won three
consecutive German Bundesliga titles, two DFL Super Cups as well as one
DFB-Pokal. Prior to moving to Bayern, Vidal won four consecutive Italian
Serie A titles with Juventus. Internationally, Vidal has won the Copa
América in 2015 as well as 2016's Copa América Centenario.

Speaking about the transfer, Bayern Munich's chairman Karl-Heinz
Rummenigge said,  Vidal still had one-year left in his contract with
Bayern.

Barcelona's manager Ernesto Valvarde said, "Vidal is someone we hope can
add energy in midfield [...] We know he has a lot of experience. The
amount of games he's played for his previous teams is very good. He has
a big presence and he doesn't disappear on the pitch."

Before signing Vidal, Barcelona signed Arthur Melo, Clément Lenglet and
Malcom this season.

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== Sources == 

* http://www.espn.in/football/soccer-transfers/story/3584557/barcelona-boss-ernesto-valverde-defends-arturo-vidal-signing
* http://www.espn.in/football/soccer-transfers/story/3583571/barcelona-agree-deal-for-arturo-vidal-with-bayern-munich
* https://www.afp.com/en/news/23/barcelona-agree-vidal-switch-30-million-euro-deal-doc-1845n79
* https://fcbayern.com/en/news/2018/08/press-release-arturo-vidal-leaves-bayern-for-barcelona
* https://fcbayern.com/de/news/2018/08/presseerklarung-arturo-vidal-wechselt-zum-fc-barcelona
* https://www.fcbarcelona.com/football/first-team/news/2018-2019/agreement-bayern-munich-transfer-arturo-vidal



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