Villarreal sign up Edmilson for two years (SN)

Spanish league runners-up Villarreal have signed up Brazilian World Cup winner Edmilson, whose contract with Barcelona was at an end.

The 31-year-old centre-back, who can also play as a holding midfielder, spent four seasons at Barcelona during which he won La Liga twice and picked up a Champions League winners' medal.

Edmilson, who previously played for Lyon, with whom he won three French league titles, has played 40 times for Brazil and was part of the 2002 World Cup-winning squad.