{"id":31736,"date":"2017-01-09T05:15:25","date_gmt":"2017-01-09T05:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=31736"},"modified":"2017-01-09T05:15:25","modified_gmt":"2017-01-09T05:15:25","slug":"ex-brazil-midfielder-felipe-melo-joins-palmeiras","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=31736","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Brazil midfielder Felipe Melo joins Palmeiras"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-31735\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/felipe-melo.jpg\" width=\"520\" height=\"333\" alt=\"felipe melo\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/felipe-melo.jpg 520w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/felipe-melo-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/felipe-melo-150x96.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/>Rio de Janeiro: Former Brazil international midfielder <a href=\"component\/tags\/tag\/2698-felipe-melo\"><strong>Felipe Melo<\/strong><\/a> has joined Palmeiras from Inter Milan on a three-year deal, the defending Brazilian Serie A champions has said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am really impressed by the fans. Even before I signed, they made me feel like I belonged to the club,&#8221; Melo told Palmeiras&#8217; official website on Sunday, Xinhua news agency reported.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am fulfilling a dream by returning to Brazil. I&#8217;m at an age at which I can still run and do what I love without any great difficulties.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:&nbsp;<a href=\"football-news\/international\/43215-inter-milan-defeats-udinese-2-1-in-serie-a\">Inter Milan defeat Udinese 2-1 in Serie A<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Melo, 33, had also been linked to Flamengo, Corinthians, Sao Paulo and Valencia after falling out of favour at Inter Milan this season.<\/p>\n<p>Palmeiras did not provide financial details of the move, which came six months before Melo&#8217;s contact with Inter was due to expire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-31735\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/felipe-melo.jpg\" width=\"520\" height=\"333\" alt=\"felipe melo\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/felipe-melo.jpg 520w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/felipe-melo-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/felipe-melo-150x96.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/>Rio de Janeiro: Former Brazil international midfielder <a href=\"component\/tags\/tag\/2698-felipe-melo\"><strong>Felipe Melo<\/strong><\/a> has joined Palmeiras from Inter Milan on a three-year deal, the defending Brazilian Serie A champions has said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am really impressed by the fans. Even before I signed, they made me feel like I belonged to the club,&#8221; Melo told Palmeiras&#8217; official website on Sunday, Xinhua news agency reported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31735,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[19830,2278,12975,466,2910],"class_list":["post-31736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world-football-news","tag-felipe-melo","tag-flamengo","tag-football-news","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-serie-a"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ex-Brazil midfielder Felipe Melo joins Palmeiras - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=31736\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ex-Brazil midfielder Felipe Melo joins Palmeiras - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Rio de Janeiro: Former Brazil international midfielder Felipe Melo has joined Palmeiras from Inter Milan on a three-year deal, the defending Brazilian Serie A champions has said. &quot;I am really impressed by the fans. 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