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OL bring a number of precisions regarding certain names that have been linked to the club in the morning's Press.

On crutches and sporting a splint to stop his ankle moving, Fred returned to Gerland for the official team photo this morning. Between Fabio Santos and Cris, the Brazil striker was the last player to take the pitch.

Fred and Kim Kallström both underwent tests early this afternoon.

Fred gives us his first impressions after coming back from injury in the last 64 Coupe de France clash in Bayonne. The Brazilian striker seems impatient at the thought of slowly picking up the pieces.

In Stockholm, Brazil defeated Ecuador 2-1 in a friendly. After Borja opened the scoring for Ecuador (23’), Fred equalised (44’) before Kaka gave the 2002 world champions victory (74’).

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Brazil beat Australia 2-0 thanks to two second half strikes from Adriano and Fred.
Unable to unlock the Australian defence for the entire first half, Kaka’s team-mates found the opening in the 50th minute thanks to a swift combination between Ronadinho, Ronaldo and Adriano.

It’s time to learn your ABC... One letter per day. Today it’s F... as in Fred, the second-top scorer in the league.

Just a few games from the end of the season, the striking position has been the most rotated position in the Lyon squad (barring injury), shared between the Brazilian Fred and the Norwegian John Carew. Take a look at the numbers...

Scorer of a double in the first match in his first match with Lyon, the Brazilian Fred talks about his current good form…