Cesc Fabregas has completed his move to childhood side Barcelona from Arsenal by signing a five-year contract with the La Liga giants.
The Spain international, who has had a 200 million euro (over £175million) buy-out clause added in his contract, passed two medicals on Monday morning before signing the deal.
Barcelona posted a comment on their official Twitter feed which read: "Cesc has signed his contract which ties him to Barcelona until 2016."
According to the Barcelona website, Fabregas' medicals have proven him to be in perfect condition.
Barcelona's first-team doctor Ricard Pruna said: "All the tests taken have been satisfactory."
Pruna added that Fabregas "can be integrated into training without any problem."
Both Barca and Arsenal announced on Sunday that they had reached an agreement for the transfer of the Spanish international, who left the Catalan club for the Gunners as a 16-year-old.
While the Gunners were always firm to keep Fabregas, it became clear this summer that the Spaniard - who made more than 300 appearances for the London club, scoring 57 goals - was no longer dedicated to their cause.
Barcelona saw a £27million offer rebuffed earlier in the summer, as Arsenal remained resolute in their demands over a £40million fee.
However, with Barcelona not willing to significantly increase their cash bid, and Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger admitting the player was worried, the English club unwillingly have allowed a deal to go through.
The package is widely reported to include a down payment of 30 million euros (£27million), although it is not clear if that is in one lump sum, with an additional six million euros (£5.2million) in performance-based add-ons at a later stage.
Wenger expressed dissatisfaction at Fabregas' departure.
"We have been clear that we didn't want Cesc to leave and that remains the case," he said in a statement on Arsenal's official website.
"However, we understand Cesc's desire to move to his hometown club and have now accepted an offer from Barcelona.
"We thank Cesc for his contribution at Arsenal and wish him future success.''
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