Jordi Alba: Barcelona agree to terminate defender's contract at end of season

Jordi Alba has scored 19 goals and assisted 91 times for Barcelona

Spain left-back Jordi Alba volition permission Barcelona this summertime aft the Spanish champions hold to mutually terminate his declaration a play early.

He has made 458 appearances for the Catalan club, including 29 this play arsenic Barcelona won La Liga.

Alba volition articulation nine skipper Sergio Busquets successful leaving this summer.

A connection connected the Barcelona website said: "FC Barcelona would similar to publically explicit its gratitude to Alba for his professionalism, committedness and dedication, and his ever-positive and affable narration with each members of the Barca family, and wishes him each luck successful the future.

"Barca volition ever beryllium a location for you, Jordi."

The determination comes arsenic Barcelona reshape their squad to conscionable La Liga's fiscal just play rules.

Before the existent play the nine sold shares of their aboriginal tv rights and their media accumulation portion Barca Studios to let them to registry 4 caller signings.

They past had to offload much players to let them to register France defender Jules Kounde, who had signed from Sevilla.