Miralem Pjanic leaves Barcelona for Sharjah FC

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Miralem Pjanic has officially bid goodbye to Spanish giants Barcelona and signed for Sharjah FC, the UAE-based outfit have confirmed.

The Bosnian midfielder travelled to the UAE on Tuesday, as revealed in a photograph that he himself posted on his social networks, to finalise the conditions of his contract with his new club, Sharjah Football Club of the UAE Pro League.

Rumours of a move away from Camp Nou started doing the rounds on Monday.

Pjanic joins Sharjah on a free transfer after Barcelona terminated his contract which had still two years left on it.

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