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Gremio to decide Rodriguez future next month

Xinhua, April 25, 2015 Adjust font size:

Gremio will wait until next month before deciding whether to pursue a permanent deal for Uruguay international midfielder Cristian Rodriguez, the Brazilian club said on Friday.

Rodriguez joined the Porto Alegre outfit on loan from Atletico Madrid in March.

The deal expires on June 30, but Rodriguez's likely inclusion in Uruguay's Copa America squad means the 29-year-old may only play four more matches for the club.

"He is a player who was in Europe and plays regularly for the Uruguayan national team but we are not going to speak about that (a new contract) now," Gremio president Romildo Bolzan told the Terra news portal.

The Copa America will be played in Chile from June 11 to July 4.

Rodriguez was signed by Atletico Madrid from Porto in 2012 and made 59 appearances for the Spanish club before being loaned to Parma in January.

He departed the Gialloblu within weeks of his arrival amid reports the Italian club did not have the cash to pay wages. Endi