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10th July 2016
05:37pm BST

A Brazil under-21 international, the midfielder moved to Madrid from Cruzeiro in January 2015.
He had made just nine appearances for the club - eight in La Liga and one in the 2014/15 Champions League win against Schalke - before spending last season on loan with Marseille.
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Silva's news comes just months after Cameroon midfielder Patrick Ekeng died from a heart attack during a match in Romania.
Ekeng's agent, Hasan Anil Eken, has pushed for football clubs to do more to provide facilities to treat players who suffer cardiac arrest or life-threatening injuries on the field of play.

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