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Portuguese weekly paper Focus claims that Barcelona has sealed the transfer of Porto central defender and Portuguese international Bruno Alves (27).

The Portuguese central defender would join Barcelona on a five-year deal, with Porto receiving a transfer fee of 20 million euro° (read more here).

The paper reveals an sms that Alves would have sent by mistake to an unknown person instead of to a friend and in which the player confirms the transfer.

The message reads: "With a lot of sadness I will leave Porto at the end of the season. I was yesterday [4 February] at the club with my agent and the deal is good for both parties. I signed with Barcelona for five years. I'm very happy but I'll keep Porto in my heart."

Portuguese sports paper O Jogo, that says that a rumour about the sms was running through the media for the last days, reports that Porto denies a deal and claims that the legal department of the club has filed a criminal complaint against strangers for the fake use of the names of Porto players.

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