Barcelona's general director Antoni Rossich, director of football Raül Sanllehí and Brazilian representative André Cury arrived in Brazil on Monday to finalise the transfer of Douglas.

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It's expected the signing of the Sao Paulo right-back will then be announced within the next 24 hours.

Douglas, 24, will sign a contract with Barça until 2019 and the cost of the transfer is expected to come in at around €6million.

The Brazilian full-back will be immediately incorporated into Luis Enrique's squad. A loan move back to Sao Paulo is now out of the question as the Brazilian transfer market closed on August 15.

Once the deal is confirmed, Enrique will be able to count on three players for the right side of his back four: Dani Alves, Martin Montoya and Douglas.