Barcelona's official site stated that the 21-year-old's €8M move to Nou Camp is only subject to a medical on Tuesday.

Henrique is the fourth defender to be lured by new coach Josep Guardiola this summer, following the arrival of Gerard Pique, Martin Caceres and Daniel Alves.

However, Barca said that the highly-rated Brazilian will be loaned out to Bundesliga side Bayer Leverkusen as soon as he signs for the Blaugrana.

Meanwhile, Barcelona have reached an agreement with Ajax over the transfer of defender Oleguer to the Dutch outfit for a fee of €3M.

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