Major U-turn as Barcelona Sporting Director intervenes in Ronald Araujo move to Juventus

It appeared likely that Barcelona would be forced into talks with Juventus for central defender Ronald Araujo, but Sporting Director Deco appears to have turned the situation around following talks with the Uruguayan defender.

According to MD, Araujo went into the talks with Deco on Tuesday night intent on leaving Barcelona for Juventus in the January transfer window, following a year of stalled contract talks. However the Brazilian-Portuguese has managed to persuade him that it would be best to remain at Barcelona.