Santos striker Ricardo Oliveira has rubbished recent rumours linking him with a surprise January move to Barcelona.
Per ESPN (via Goal.com's Samuel Marsden), the 35-year-old said he laughed at suggestions that Barca were looking to add him to their squad in the new year as backup for Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar: "Santos’s fans, my team-mates and the club itself know that [the Barcelona rumours] are not true. I laughed when I saw these stories, but I took the precaution of making a statement just to clarify that there has been no contact.