Barcelona gazump Roma with Malcom signing

Barcelona have agreed a deal to sign Brazilian winger Malcom from Bordeaux for €42 million (£37.3m) – just a day after Roma announced they had a deal of their own.

Malcom had been linked with Everton and Inter Milan but roma announced on monday that they had agreed a fee of €40m (£35.5m) with Bordeaux for the player.

However, the 21-year-old has agreed a five-year contract at the Nou Camp and will undergo a medical today.

A Barcelona statement read: “FC Barcelona and Girondins de Bordeaux have reached an agreement for the transfer of the player Malcom Filipe Silva de Oliveira. The operation will cost €41m and €1m in variables. The player will sign with the club for the next five seasons, until the end of the 2022/23 season.”

Malcom, who has yet to represent his country at senior level, began his career in his homeland with Corinthians and was part of the Campeonato title-winning side of 2015 before moving to France in January 2016. He spent three seasons with Bordeaux, scoring 23 goals in 96 games.