IN DIRECT: presentation of Douglas Pereira with the FC Barcelona

Douglas Pereira two Saints (Cheerful Mountain do Goiás, Brazil, 6-8-1990). The Brazilian player of 24 years arrives to pertinent Barcelona of the Sao Paulo Brazilian, and is one of the young talents of Brazil after winning in 2012 the Glass Sudamericana. The official presentation of Douglas like new Barcelona player will be this Friday from the six of the afternoon in a press conference where will be accompanied by the sportive vice-president Jordi Mestre and by the sportive director Andoni Zubizarreta.

This lateral youngster right arrives to Can Barça to reinforce a position that has two possible footballers for this demarcation like his compatriot Dani Alves, and the canterano Martín Montoya. The player, in an interview to the daily "Sportive World", has explained how feels after signing his agreement that will tie it with the Barcelona entity for the next five seasons. "I am very happy, come to a big club, in which all player wants to play. I am very happy and expect to contribute and not defrauding". These have been the first statements of the player once has confirmed the news of his signing, after several weeks of intense meetings between directives and the representative of the player.

The ex player of the Barça in some statements to the web page saopaulofc.com.br has wanted to present the profile of the new signing of the Barça. "Douglas is a player that does not have the characteristics that the Barça wants to nowadays. It is a very fast player and with strength. Perhaps it does not have big technical but will learn with the big".

Although these statements do not seem very optimistic with regard to his adaptation to the Camp Nou, Edmilson has explained that his situation is the same that the one of Dani Alves when it arrived to the Seville, "When Alves arrives to the Seville begins like tip, plant it in the centre of the field and after side. Alves Is a player that does not differentiate a lot of the characteristics of Douglas".