Melo extends contract with Fiorentina
Add comment June 30th, 2009
Fiorentina have announced that Felipe Melo has extended his contract by one year, seemingly putting to an end speculation linking him with Arsenal:
“Fiorentina announces that its sporting director Pantaleo Corvino met in Milan with Felipe Melo’s agent and an agreement was reached to extend the player’s contract until 2013 with a buy-out clause also included.”
Whilst it would seem that rules out any chance of a deal being done, the mention of a buy-out clause confirms that Melo would still be available at an as yet unspecified fee. It’s possible speculation will roll on, but were the Brazilian truly interested in a move why would be sign a new deal at all?
In other news, in what is being called the most mourned departure since Michael Jackson finally moonwalked out of this life and into the next, Amaury Bischoff is one of eight youngsters released by the club. Goodbye, Amaury. I was never really sure if you were French, German, or Portugese. Nor was I sure if you were actually any good. But thanks for the memories. And yes, by that, I mean both appearances.
