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Bordeaux go Brazilian

UEFA Champions League contenders FC Girondins de Bordeaux have signed Santos FC midfielder Wendel for an undisclosed fee on a four-year contract.

UEFA Champions League contenders FC Girondins de Bordeaux have signed Santos FC midfielder Wendel for an undisclosed fee on a four-year contract.

Portuguese spell
The 24-year-old left-sided player returns to Europe after a previous spell in Portugal with CD Nacional in 2005 where he scored three goals in 15 league appearances on loan. His move to Ligue 1 also sees him link up again with Ricardo Gomes, the Bordeaux coach formerly in charge of the Brazilian Olympic squad. Wendel is Bordeaux's third signing of the summer after Johan Micoud and Stéphane Dalmat, who arrived from Werder Bremen and Real Racing Club Santander respectively.