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Catalan sports paper Sport claims that Barcelona is one of the European top clubs that are following the performances of Grêmio attacking midfieler and Brazilian youth international Douglas Costa de Souza (18).

In May, César Bottega, the agent of Douglas, handed the Barcelona technical staff a video of the player (read more here).

Douglas, who made his first team debut last month, signed earlier this year a contract renewal with Brazilian first division club Grêmio until 2013, including a buyout clause of 30 million euro° for foreign clubs and 15 million euro for Brazilian clubs (read more here).

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Youth: Douglas Costa de Souza (Gremio)