Real Madrid signs Porto’s Danilo

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Real Madrid signs Porto’s Danilo

MADRID – European champions Real Madrid have completed the signing of Brazilian international right-back Danilo from Porto on a six-year deal.

A statement by Porto to the Portuguese stock exchange said the deal was worth 31.5 million euros ($F69.89m).

He will join Real next season in a deal that will keep him at the Spanish club until at least the end of the 2021 season.

The 23-year-old joined Porto from Santos in 2012 and has won two league titles with the Portuguese giants as well as playing a big part in their run to the quarter-final of the Champions League where they will face Bayern Munich next month.

Danilo also won a silver medal with Brazil at the 2012 Olympics and has become a regular with his national team since Dunga took charge of the five-time world champions following a disappointing World Cup on home soil last year.