Barcelona have reached an agreement to sign Brazil Player Paulinho from Chinese club Guangzhou Evergrande for 40m euros (£36.4m).
It would be Barcelona's first signing since they sold striker Neymar to Paris St-Germain for a world record £200m.
Paulinho, now 29, joined Tottenham for £17m from Corinthians in 2013 andmoved to China two years later.
He has scored nine goals in 41 international appearances since making his debut in 2011, and also a member of the squad that won the Confederations Cup in 2013.
He played a significant part in Evergrande winning last season's Chinese Super League and is set to leave with them five points clear at the top of the table this term, Barcelona have also made bids for Borussia Dortmund forward Ousmane Dembele and Liverpool attacking midfielder Philippe Coutinho, Dortmund rejected the bid and have since suspended Dembele for missing training, while Coutinho handed in a transfer request after Liverpool turned down Barcelona's offer.
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