Barcelona signed Santos right back Douglas for 5.5millions

Barcelona FC in a bid to bolster their defense ahead of impending transfer ban starting from Jan 2015 transfer window to Summer of 2015, has signed Santos right back Douglas for a price which is expected to rise to 5.5 millions euro.

File picture of Douglas
src: lancenet.com.br

With the erratic form of Daniel Alves last season and the exorbitant price of Cuadadro, Barca does not want to take a risk and so signed Douglas as a backup and it is refreshing to see them signing so many defenders at last which they failed to do so for the past few seasons despite it being the priority.