Melo signs contract extension, commits to La Viola

Brazilian midfielder Felipe Melo has pledged his immediate future to Fiorentina by signing a one-year contract extension which ties him to La Viola until the summer of 2013. The 25-year-old has been linked with a summer exit from Florence, with Arsenal and Barcelona both rumoured to be showing an interest in the holding midfielder. However, a statement on the club’s official website confirmed the deal: “Fiorentina’s director of sport, Pantaleo Corvino, today met with the agent of La Viola

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