Arsenal to ditch flop Denilson permanently

Arsenal flop Denilson should make his move to Sao Paulo permanent this month.

The midfielder joined Arsenal in 2006 but failed to make an impression at the club before being sent back to Brazil.

Sao Paulo landed the 24-year-old on loan in 2011 and they are looking to finally clinch a permanent deal this month.

"I believe we'll reach an agreement with Arsenal," Sao Paulo vice-president Joao Paulo de Jesus Lopes told UOL.

"We have heard from Denilson that he doesn't want to return to England, that he wants to stay here with us.

"I think our relations with Arsenal will help that to happen."