The Liverpool football club has accepted Barcelona's offer for the unsettled Argentina midfielder Javier Mascherano.
The Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson criticised Mascherano, who has been angling for a move away from Anfield, and is expected in Spain for a medical this weekend.
Liverpool had rejected two previous Barca bids for Mascherano, and also one from Inter Milan.
Hodgson was forced to leave him out of the team at Manchester City on Monday when the 26-year-old insisted he was not in the right frame of mind to play.
Barcelona said on their website the two clubs had agreed on a transfer that would send Mascherano to the Catalan club for four seasons.
Spanish media reported the deal was worth around 22 million euros.
Mascherano would become Barca's third signing of the closed season after the arrivals of Spain striker David Villa and Brazilian full back Adriano Correia.
