Barcelona have agreed the signing of the Brazilian Neymar

The Spanish champions Barcelona have agreed the signing of the Brazilian Neymar of Santos with 21-year-old signing a five-year contract, the club said. The striker confirmed that he will sign his contract on Monday. A Barcelona statement read: "FC Barcelona and Santos have agreed to the terms of Neymar da Silva Santos Junior, the Brazilian forward will don the Blaugrana strip for the next five seasons, the 21-year-old is one of the most promising football players in the world .. . " Neymar had been considering his future after his club Santos revealed on Saturday that they had accepted two bids for their star player, with Barça confirmed as one of the bidders and Real Madrid widely believed to be the other. Neymar has reaffirmed its decision today, writes on Instagram: .. "I'm here with friends and family and they have helped me to write a few things here I'm not going to hold out until Monday My family and friends already know my decision. On Monday, I will sign a contract with Barcelona." The forward contract at Santos would expire at the end of next season, and some reports have suggested an agreement with Barcelona reached as much as a year ago. Now the move is confirmed. Neymar said: "I want to thank the fans for Santos for these incredible nine years My feeling for the club and the fans will never change it's forever ..! "Only one club Santos FC could give me anything I have experienced on and off the field. Thank the wonderful fans who supported me even in the most difficult moments. Titles, goals, dribbling, feasts and songs that fans created for me will be to Forever in my heart ... " Neymar will say goodbye to the Santos fans at Sunday's season-opening match against Flamengo. "I made sure I could play the game tomorrow in Brasilia," he said. "I want to be able to once again take the field and hear the crowd screaming my name ... It's a strange time for me, sad and happy new challenge. God bless me in my choice ... And I'm always a fan Santos . " In a statement, Santos said they had done everything to keep hold of the player. It read: "The management committee for Santos FC announces that it has received notification from the athlete Neymar Jr advising that he has decided to approve the proposal from Barcelona transfer of playmaker for the Spanish team will be sealed in the coming days .. "After refusing an offer of several million for Neymar Jr since mid-2010, and completed a career plan that allowed his historic visit to Brazil for several years, bucking the trend of Brazilian football to quickly sell their greatest talents, joined Santos FC finally sell . "Every effort was made to keep him in Brazil as long as possible, even offering to renew the current contract, which ended in July 2014. At this time, however, it was not possible to compete with the conditions offered from abroad, which influenced the decision the player to reconsider his career. "Because of confidentiality agreement, and by mutual agreement, the terms of the assignment will not be disclosed by either party."