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Italian newspaper Il Messaggero claims that Barcelona is interested in AS Roma central defender and Brazilian international Juan (30).

Juan was on the verge of signing a contract extension with Roma until 2013 and could be using the Barcelona interest to get a better deal.

The Brazilian's current contract with the Italian club expires in 2011, although a clause allows the central defender to leave Roma at the end of the current season for a transfer fee of around 7 million euro°.

Italian sports paper La Gazzetta dello Sport has unconfirmedly also claimed that Barcelona is closely following Juan and would be willing to push hard for the Brazilian defender. With other clubs also trying to sign Mexès, Roma would prefer to keep the French central defender if one of the two has to leave.

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