Speculation is increasing in Spain that Barcelona midfielder ThiagoAlcantara will soon be leaving the club for Manchester United.
Publicly Barcelona have remained adamant that no such deal exists with club spokesman Toni Freixa telling
Marca that "there is no news [regarding Thiago]," and that the 22-year-old remains a "Barca player with a valid contract".
However there have been various signs to suggest that it's just a matterof time before Thiago leaves the Camp Nou to join the Premier Leaguechampions.
Spain's sports daily
AS breaks the news that the player's fatherMazinho, a World Cup winner with Brazil in 1994, has put his Barcelonarestaurant 'Campechano' on the market, ahead of an imminent move to thenorth-west of England.
The paper also points out that having used Thiago in the advertisingcampaign to launch the team's new kit, Barça have since published thesame photo on Instagram, cropping the midfielder from the shot.
United sources have told ESPN a deal is "very close" and could even be announced at David Moyes' first United press conference on Friday.
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