It's official...

After months of speculation concerning at least four major clubs in the Premier League, FC Barcelona have announced that David Villa will be sold to Atletico Madrid for a measly 5M euros paid out in three installments, plus 50% of his next transfer fee. Makes perfect sense for Atletico since they just made a hefty profit off Radamel Falcao and needed a new striker, makes good sense for Villa since he can stay in Spain, presumably with an eye towards playing in Brazil next summer, and makes the kind of business sense for Barcelona that we've seen over and over in the past few years :P.

Let the Messilla break-up fics begin!