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Barcelona seal Demir loan with €10m purchase option as 18-year-old forward joins B team

Barcelona have agreed a deal with Rapid Vienna that will see teenage forward Yusuf Demir link up with their B side on an initial season-long loan that includes a €10m purchase (£9m/$12m) option.

The highly-rated youngster moves to Catalunya in an arrangement that will cost the Blaugrana €500,000 up front.

The Liga giants are hoping to unlock further potential in the 18-year-old, who has tended to operate on the wing in his short career to date, and see him move through their system.

What has been said?

Barca have, in a statement on their official website, said: "Yusuf Demir is an 18-year-old Austrian who has been in the Rapid senior team for two seasons, playing 31 games and scoring six goals.