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Marc Bartra has ended his association with Barcelona and will join Borussia Dortmund The German club revealed on their official website that the centre-back will sign a four- year deal, though some details need to be finalised before the move can be completed. The 25-year-old joins Dani Alves in exiting Camp Nou, with Javier Mascherano also linked with a move away from Catalonia in recent weeks. Barca revealed in a statement that Dortmund agreed to trigger his release clause of 8 million euros. A statement from the Blaugrana read: “FC Barcelona announce that German club Borussia Dortmund have informed them of their desire to activate the buy out clause for the player Marc Bartra, according to which the Club is obliged to facilitate the transfer of the player for the price of 8 million euros. Marc Bartra, Neymar, Lionel Messi and Sergi Roberto “Marc Bartra arrived at the Club at the age of 12 and is a fine representative of the values embodied by la Masia, b...