The private investigator helping missing X-Factor star Levi Davis’ family has travelled to Barcelona to appeal for information and coordinate attempts on the ground to find him.
Gavin Burrows and his London-based company Line of Inquiry have volunteered to help find the former Bath rugby player.
As part of the investigation, the firm has said it will pay a £10,000 reward for information leading to Levi being found.
It emerged on Monday that Mr Burrows has travelled to the Catalan capital as it was reported locally he was leading a team of private investigators including Catalan speakers and eight people were working on the ground to try to find 24-year-old Levi.
Respected Spanish newspaper ABC also said it had discovered the missing rugby star had made a 30 Euro transaction via payment system Bizum the day he vanished on October 29.
He was last seen leaving the Old Irish Pub just off Barcelona’s famous La Rambla around 10pm after taking a ferry from Ibiza earlier the same day.
The newspaper offered no more details about which person or company Levi had made the payment to.
The investigation is understood to have been hampered by a lack of CCTV footage due to the fact Levi was not officially reported missing to Spanish police until ten days after he was last seen - many business premises are said to have erased footage that could have proved crucial.
Levi’s family had reported him missing days earlier to police in the West Midlands but the regional Mossos d’Esquadra force in Barcelona said they couldn’t activate their own investigation until they received that information through the official channels.
They U-turned on November 8 and said they had decided to launch a hunt for him independently after being pressured their minds, just before Ibiza-based friend Richard Square went into a police station in Barcelona to formally report him missing.
Levi’s mum Julie Davis, who met police during a trip to Barcelona last month, later revealed her son’s mobile phone signal was last picked up near the city's Sants mainline train station overnight on October 29.
His passport was subsequently found at Barcelona ferry port.
Speaking to ABC and another Spanish paper, which said the majority of the professionals working on trying to find Levi were private detectives licensed to work in Spain, Mr Burrows appealed to anyone who had contact with him in the hours before or after his disappearance to get in touch.
He said: “Maybe they spoke to him in the pub or on social media. We appeal to anyone who might have been in contact with him to get in touch.”
Insisting any information would be treated confidentially he added: “What the family wants is for Levi to return.”
He spoke to Spanish press near the Old Irish Pub outside the Hard Rock Cafe, where Levi was reportedly caught on camera writing something on his mobile after turning left before stopping and walking in the opposite direction.
Levi's mum revealed at the weekend her son’s passport was found near a cargo shipment in Barcelona port.
Spanish police searching for Levi Davis said last month they were still probing “all options” including the possibility his disappearance was not voluntary and have remained tight-lipped about any possible leads.
The rugby star was taking a break in Europe after being sidelined from the sport following a knee injury.
He left Ibiza with just £30 and no change of clothes.
Richard Squire, who formally reported him missing to cops in Barcelona after his family informed West Midlands police, described his decision to leave the island as "sudden".
Levi’s mum said during her trip to Barcelona last month that her son suffered from depression and had gone missing on previous occasions but for “no more than two or three days".
She said at the time: “He would always come back or we would find him but it’s been 12 days now and this is not normal.
“He must be disorientated or confused."
