Barcelona is ready to unveil Cesc Fabregas during a ceremony on Homecoming weekend, BBC Sport has learned.
Barca sources say they are "99.9% certain" that the £ 35m transfer will pass.
Arsenal sources insist on a final agreement is still "a few days rather than hours away", but privately admit Fabregas exit is imminent.
Fabregas arsenal trained with his teammates for what appears to be the last time Friday morning.
It is believed Arsenal will receive a guaranteed £ 30m with a further £ 5m by the number of games played and trophies won by the 24 years during his time at Camp Nou.
Reports in Spain suggested Fabregas would have to travel to Barcelona this weekend and maybe the clubs to participate in the Super Cup game against Real Madrid on Sunday.
Arsenal opening Premier League game at Newcastle Saturday delayed the completion of the transaction.
But the players have already spoken of the Catalans Fabregas expected signature, through social networking site Twitter.
Carlos Puyol, Captain of the club Twitter: "Welcome home Glad to have you here!" And the boy defender Gerard Pique said: "He is finally here!"
Old Arsene Wenger admitted nor Fabregas and Samir Nasri will play against Newcastle with both almost get away from this club.
Nasri should be placed Manchester City around £ 23m, and was excluded from the Gunners team will travel to St James' Park.
Strangely, said: "I expect anyone to leave This is nothing new if you have news, I promise ..."
When asked if you can wait a couple of stay, Wenger said he was "a good conclusion for my statement."
However, before the club's official website, Wenger has admitted that Fabregas's future 'could be decided before the Premier League.
"It is true. We hope it will be resolved very quickly one way or the other. We know very quickly," he said.
Before the agreement was confirmed, Wenger said his team's loss is not terminal.
The French added: "We are all interchangeable cemeteries are full of people all interchangeable ..
"I do not want to lose great players. We are fighting for great players so you do not want to lose."
Fabregas has not appeared in the Gunners' pre-season after suffering hamstring injury, while Wenger has admitted his skipper is an unsettling interest in Barcelona.
Wenger rejected the suggestion, however, that Fabregas had refused to play for him.
And even if Nasri from 65 minutes to play the game in France against Chile on Wednesday, Wenger has called for a 24-year-old suffering from a disease.
"Cesc is not on strike. Cesc is injured, it is not good costumes. I do not want to go further than this," he added.
"Nasri went to the national team, he was sick and he has not fully recovered yet. There are no other questions, why it is not in the team."
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