T.S wrote:
I was trying to ask you a question on Twitter earlier on mate, but it wasn't working for some reason. It was this - how is Denilson getting on out there in Brazil? Wikipedia says he's made 22 appearances and scored none. No surprises there. Can you confirm/elaborate at all?
i don't really follow the brazilian league that much mate, and the league starts around may and ends in december, so since the start of the year we've only had the state championships, and i don't follow the São Paulo State championship (as I live much further south), but from what i've seen and heard, he's not doing very well. he was sent off a lot in the first games, and then had some trouble getting a starting place on the team, and this São Paulo team is not close from the great team it had a few years ago, so you could probably say that you'd expect more from an arsenal player in brazil. he's just being the usual side-passing midfielder with good interceptions and quick feet but not enough quality.
four days ago there was some news running around every major sports websites and channels claiming that he is waiting on arsenal approval to renew with sao paulo for at least another year, but arsenal is supposedly trying to sell, not loan again. he wants to stay in brazil.
EDIT: after a bit of googling, i found out he's close to 50 appearances already for sao paulo (least year's league + this year's são paulo state + brazilian cup), but hasn't found the net 'so far'

he claims his dream is becoming sao paulo's captain one day, so he really wants to stay there. good stuff, we'll probably manage to sell him.