It's actually happening! Lionel Messi's even been on Instagram to say goodbye...
Rough translation: "Great pleasure to have shared all these years. I wish you luck in this new life".
But what about that fee though? It's a weird thing in Spain where every player's contract has to have a release clause inserted in to it. They're generally set at such stupidly high levels that the chances of another club actually activating it are virtually non-existent.
Neymar only signed a new deal last October and at that time £198m was plenty ridiculous enough. But now we're in a situation where Lukaku's worth £90m, Swansea are turning down £45m for Sigurdsson and the bidding for a French teenager with just half a season of professional football under his belt starts at £120m.
Sort of seems like Barca have fucked up here really. And £198m for someone who'll most likely be the best player in the world within the next 2-3 years could almost be seen as a bargain.