By DPA,
Madrid : Football club Atletico Madrid has announced the signing of Brazilian midfielder Paulo Assuncao from FC Porto.
It is not clear how much Atletico will pay Porto for the 28-year-old, who has invoked article 17 of the FIFA statutes to unilaterally cancel his contract.
Atletico declared late Sunday night that they are “trying to reach a friendly agreement” with the Portuguese club.
Assuncao is Atletico’s fifth summer signing, after Gregory Coupet (Lyon), Florent Sinama Pongolle (Recreativo Huelva), John Heitinga (Ajax) and Tomas Ujfalusi (Fiorentina).
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