Spanish defender Pique leaves Manchester United to rejoin Barcelona

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The transfer will see the 21-year-old rejoin the Catalan giants, who he left to join United in 2004 at the age of 17.

The centre half, who played just 23 games for United, said: “The central defensive partnership of Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic meant his route to regular first-team action was blocked."

Back at Barca: Pique arrives at the Nou Camp after agreeing to rejoin his former club

A statement on the Barcelona website read: "The player will sign a contract that will link him to FC Barcelona until June 30, 2012 and which will include a buy-out clause of 50million euros (£39.9million).

"With this transfer Gerard Pique returns to Barca, the club in which he began his career as a player between 1997 and 2004, when he left to join Manchester United."