According to a Reuters article, Thierry Henry and Touré Yaya are to leave FC Barcelona. Henry agreed to the transfer before heading off to South Africa and France’s early exit from the competition – it was Henry’s unpunished handball against Ireland that put France through – and was widely expected owing to his lack of on pitch performance, which has seem him sit most matches out.
“Now it is up to him to complete it,” Barca director Joan Oliver said on the club website (www.fcbarcelona.com) after the last board meeting under outgoing president Joan Laporta This will allow Barca to save money on his wages in the next financial year.”
And it is understood that Touré Yaya requested a transfer; Barça has been negotiating with Man City over and move there.
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