Brazilian blog Gremio1903 claims that the interest of Barcelona and other European top clubs (read more here) was the main reason for his club to renew the contract of Grêmio midfielder and Brazilian youth international Douglas Costa (18) from the moment the player turned eighteen last month.
Douglas, who scored in his debut for his club's senior team last weekend, signed a new contract that links him to the team from Porto Alegre until 2013. His buyout clause has been raised to 27 million euro°.
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See Douglas' goal (1-1):
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