Ramires set for Benfica stay - Report

29 July 2010 11:39
enfica have reportedly convinced Brazil midfielder Ramires to stay for one more season before he completes a big-money move to Chelsea.[LNB] Ramires has attracted interest from a number of European clubs and has strongly been linked with an imminent switch to West London.[LNB]However, reports in Thursday's Portuguese press claim the 23-year-old has accepted an improved deal in Lisbon and will therefore delay his move to England until next summer. [LNB]Tabloid A BOLA says: "The subject is very advanced and the footballer (Ramires) has agreed a significant increase in salary and in others conditions."[LNB]Benfica club president Luis Filipe Vieira has allegedly held a meeting with Ramires with the Brazil international "willing to accept the contract extension".

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