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Asked about the rumours linking former Barcelona left back defender Sylvinho (35), whose contract with Barcelona expired this summer and wasn't renewed, with a return to Corinthians (read more here), Corinthians president Andrés Sanchez has confirmed in an interview with Brazilian sports paper Lance that talks have started:

"Sylvinho is a great player who has a history in this club. We had a non-official conversation with him, we still need to clear out some issues. We still didn't talk about the salary or the duration of the contract, nothing of that. We just made contact to see if there's interest from his side."

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Asked about the rumours linking former Barcelona left back defender Sylvinho (35), whose contract with Barcelona expired this summer and wasn't renewed, with a return to Corinthians (read more here), Corinthians manager Mano Menezes has said at a press conference that the Brazilian player wants to continue in Europe:

"Until now, it hasn't been possible to start negotiating with Sylvinho because he prefers to stay in Europe. If he would change his mind later, I would certainly be delighted to have a quality player like him in the squad."

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Corinthians left back and Brazilian international Andre Santos (26) will not play for Barcelona as of the coming season. Santos had previously been linked to Barcelona as an alternative option to Deportivo left back Filipe Luis (23) (read more here).

Fenerbahce has officially announced the transfer of Andres Santos on its official website.

Details of the deal are yet to be released. Corinthians defensive midfielder Cristian Oliveira Baroni is also included in the agreement and would also join Fenerbahce.

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Catalan sports paper El Mundo Deportivo claims that Barcelona still hasn't reached an agreement with a club that would take part in the Joan Gamper Trophy that will be played on Wednesday 19 August in Barcelona.

After failed talks with Italian champions Inter Milan, Portuguese champions Porto and the Mexican national team, Barcelona would now be negotiating with Brazilian club Corinthians.

Despite the optimism, Barcelona is reportedly also holding a couple of other South-American options open, one of them being Argentinian club River Plate. With just one month to go before the game at the Camp Nou, Barcelona wants to reach an agreement as soon as possible.

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Catalan sports paper Sport claims that Barcelona is interested in Corinthians left back defender and Brazilian international André Santos (26).

Because of the difficulties to sign Deportivo left back Filipe (read more here) and the fact that signing a full back is one of the priorities, Barcelona would have started looking at other options and André Santos would be the first name on the list.

The contract of the Brazilian left back defender with Corinthians expires in 2011. Italian club AS Roma is also said to be interested and would already have made an offer of 6 million euro°.


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Aragon regional newspaper Equipo claims that newly promoted Spanish first division club Zaragoza is interested in Barcelona left back defender Sylvinho (35).

The Brazilian defender, whose contract with Barcelona expires this summer and won't be renewed (read more here), would also have offers from France and Germany, but he and his family would prefer to stay in Spain. The player's agent Hans Lamberz confirmed to the paper that Zaragoza could be an option: "The player would be happy to continue in Spain and Zaragoza is an attractive club."

Asked about his future, Sylvinho told journalists in Brazil that returning to his home-country is also an option for him: "I'm on holidays in São Paulo after a very hard season, with a lot of games, a lot of effort, so I want to rest now. Returning to Corinthians would be something very nice because I grew up there and I still have friends at the club. If we would find a deal, I would be very happy. Joining Corinthians is always an option so if they open the door, I won't think twice."

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Former Barcelona forward Ronaldo (32) has yesterday been officially presented as new player of Brazilian club Corinthians, where he signed a one-year contract.

Ronaldo, who is still recovering from a knee injury, had been without a club since his contract with AC Milan expires this summer (read more here).


Arriving from Dutch club PSV Eindhoven in the summer of 1996, Ronaldo played one season for Barcelona. After renewal negotiations failed, the Brazilian striker left in 1997 for Italian club Inter Milan.


With Barcelona, Ronaldo won one Spanish super cup in 1996, one Spanish cup in 1997 and one European cup winner's cup in 1997.


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Asked about the rumours linking him with several European top clubs amongst which Barcelona (read more here), Corinthians forward and Brazilian youth international Bruno Ferreira Bonfim "Dentinho" (19) has said to journalists that he wasn't directly informed:

"I heard about it through the press. I haven't been personally contacted, nor were the club or my agent. I'm not thinking about it now. If one day there arrives an offer that is good for me and for Corinthians, we can sit around the table and talk.

I don't think it's bad for my career that I'm playing in the Brazilian second division. Corinthians is still a big name. Which player, even from the first division, wouldn't like to play here? I actually think I'm ready to move to Europe. No league is more difficult than the Brazilian second division. The fields are bad, the stadiums as well. But I'm feeling good here. I have a contract until 2012 so I'm calm about all this."

Brazilian sports paper Gazeta Esportiva claims that Dentinho, whose contract with Brazilian second division club Corinthians expires in 2012, has a buyout clause of 40 million euro°. The Brazilian striker would himself own 20 per cent of his transfer rights.

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Catalan sports paper Sport claims that Barcelona is interested in Corinthians forward and Brazilian youth international Bruno Ferreira Bonfim "Dentinho" (19).

The striker of the Brazilian second division club would also be followed by Real Madrid, like is São Paulo midfielder and Brazilian international Hernanes (23), who was close to joining Barcelona last summer and is still being monitored by the club this season (read more here).

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