Reyes and Baptista in loan swap saga

Sky Sports - Reyes and Baptista to swap

Although there's no official news yet it seems certain that Julio Baptista will be heading to Arsenal on a season long loan with Jose Antonio Reyes heading in the opposite direction. The irony is that they are best friends.

So what will Baptista bring to Arsenal? Well he's a totally different player to Reyes that's for sure. While Reyes is small and tricky Baptista is big and brutal. He made his name in Brazil as a powerful midfielder but when he moved to Seville he also moved to a forward position. It was a good move that saw his score lots of goals.

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