Barcelona monitoring Maxwell situation

Italian sports paper Corriere dello Sport unconfirmedly claims that Barcelona is monitoring the situation of Inter Milan left back defender Maxwell (27) (read more here).

Barcelona sports director Txiki Begiristain would recently have intensified the contacts with the player and knows about the proposal the Brazilian received from Inter to renew until 2013.

Asked about the renewal negotiations, the player's agent Mino Raiola meanwhile said in an interview with Italian television channel Radio Radio that talks are well underway but that nothing has been signed yet: "We have not yet signed a renewal and there are no new appointments scheduled at this moment. What I can say, however, is that the relationship between Maxwell and Mourinho has definitely improved."

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