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Wednesday, August 23, 2000Vampeta arrives in ItalyMILAN, Italy (AP) -- Brazilian international midfielder Vampeta arrived in Milan on Wednesday to sign a four year contract with high-spending Italian Serie A club Internazionale.Inter officials said the signing of the contract will take place Thursday but added all financial details already have been agreed. According to published reports in Italy, Vampeta, a regular member of the Brazilian national team, will get 4 billion lire ($2.95 million Cdn) a year while Corinthians would receive a transfer fee of 30 billion lire ($22.1 million). Vampeta landed at Milan's international airport of Malpensa and was expected to be at San Siro stadium to watch a Champions League qualifying match between Inter and Sweden's Helsingborg. According to Italian sports dailies Vampeta's transfer to Inter was supported by Ronaldo, the long-injured Brazilian striker of the Milan team. 
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