Barca Unload Giuly on Roma

Barcelona have been working all summer to get rid of Ludovic Giuly. It's not that he's not been a useful player for them since arriving from Monaco three years ago, but he's now 31, has a high salary, and is being seen as surplus to requirements in the face of Barca's mass of summer signings.

At first, he was going to (maybe) be part of the Cristian Chivu deal but, after that fell through, Monaco were seen as his most likely destination with Marseille also in the mix.