Barcelona have agreed to sign Arsenal's French international striker Thierry Henry for a fee believed to be in the region of 24 million euros (US$32 million), a Barcelona spokesman said Friday, but denied media reports a four-year deal was sealed and delivered, according to an AFP report.

"It's still not been confirmed," the spokesman told AFP, adding discussions had been going on in London between Barca's financial affairs vice-chairman Ferran Soriano and Gunners' boss Arsene Wenger.

Earlier, the Cadena Ser radio quoted club sources as saying the deal had been finalized, and Barcelona-based sports journal El Mundo Deportivo also said the deal was closed and that Henry would arrive in the Catalan metropolis on Sunday for presentation next week.

(Xinhua News Agency June 23, 2007)