Arsenal make move for Felipe Melo
Reuters - Saturday 04 July 2009, 19:02
MILAN - Fiorentina may be willing to sell Brazil midfielder Felipe Melo to Arsenal if the English Premier League club's versatile full-back Emmanuel Eboue is included in the deal, the Serie A side said on Saturday.
The 25-year-old has only just signed a new contract with the Florence club until 2013 but had a 25 million euro escape clause inserted into the new deal.
Fiorentina said in a statement that only Arsenal had come close to triggering the escape clause and the price could be lowered if Ivory Coast defender Eboue moved the other way.
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