Italy midfielder Marco Verratti has completed a move to Qatari side Al-Arabi from Paris St-Germain for a reported €45m (£38.68m).
He is the second high-profile European-based player to secure a deal to Qatar in a week.
Aston Villa’s Philippe Coutinho joined Al-Duhail on a season-long loan last Friday.
Verratti won nine Ligue 1 titles with PSG after joining in 2012, while he also helped Italy win Euro 2020.
“I was very proud to wear the colours of Paris St-Germain for more than a decade, to rub shoulders with so many great players, and to win 30 trophies,” Verratti told the PSG website.
“Paris, the club and its supporters will always have a very special place in my heart. I will be Parisian forever.”
Verratti becomes the latest European player to move to the Middle-East, after many made the switch to the Saudi Pro League during the summer.
The 30-year-old’s former PSG team-mate Neymar moved to Al-Hilal for £77.6m in August.
He will link up with former PSG man Rafinha, twin brother of Liverpool midfielder Thiago, at Al-Arabi, with the pair having played in Paris with one another between 2020 and 2022.
The Italian had been linked with a move to the Saudi Pro League, but no club was able to get a deal done by the 7 September transfer deadline.
