Barcelona To Clinch Cáceres Deal
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Barcelona are set to make Martín Cáceres their third summer signing on Tuesday after increasing their offer for the defender at the weekend and having it accepted by Villarreal.
The Blaugrana are pushing ahead with president Joan Laporta's desire to wrap up all the new arrivals before fans vote in a referendum on whether he will stay on at the helm.
Cáceres is the first of three players that the club want to sign, along with Daniel Alves and Aleksandr Hleb, and will add to the recent additions of Seydou Keita and Gerard Piqué.
Villarreal turned down Barcelona's initial offer of €15m for the player that impressed during his spell on loan at Recreativo last term and were holding out for the €20m in his buy.out clause.
Barça will now pay €17m and the Yellow Submarine have indicated that the remaining three will be linked to his performances and achievements at Camp Nou.
Daniel Fonseca, the player's agent, shares 50 per cent of his rights with Villarreal, a common practice in South America, and will make a tidy sum from the move.
With Gaby Milito out with a knee ligament injury and Lilian Thuram set to leave, the Blaugrana have been keen to bolster their back line ahead of the new campaign.
Lucas Brown, Goal.com
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9 years younger than Puyol looks like he will become his eventual replacement when Puyol retires.
Unfortunately I haven't seen a lot of Cáceres this season as they don't show Recre games on the TV much. I remember him against Barca and he conceded a penalty
