Baptista portfolio by the Rome for four years

Real Madrid bagging nine million euros

Julio Baptista accepted the offer from the Italian and Rome leaves Real Madrid, which paid nine million euros for the transfer. The Rome with Baptista has signed a four-year contract, which provides 4.5 million euros gross, during each of the sports seasons throughout the contract.

With the agreement between clubs closed for some days, small fringes to be resolved on the economic aspect of the new contract had been settled during Baptista on Thursday after the meeting held by Herminio Menendez, representative of the player, with Daniel Prado, sports director of the Rome Bruno Conti, technical director, and Cristina Mazzoleni, responsible for the finances of all Italian.

The sum of nine million that Rome will pay Real Madrid for the transfer shall be paid in three instalments: the first once they get the international transfer certificate by the Spanish Football Federation, the second before July 31 2009 and the last before December 25 of that year.

In addition, the Rome recognise Real Madrid a variable contribution of one million euros in the event that achieving the right to play in the Champions League Uefa during the duration of the Baptist, at most twice.

In Rome coincide with his good friend Cicinho, who compatriot followed the same path last season when he left Real Madrid. Baptista was signed by Real Madrid on July 29, 2005, by 20 million euros to Seville. As Madrid has never come to show the qualities that provoked the interest of the best clubs in Europe.

Played yielded a season, 2005-06, in English and Arsenal in the last campaign received confidence Bernd Schuster in the second half of the season and was an important part in the conquest of the League.