Well the reason we sell Ganso was down to contract dispute, In 2011 Chelsea were trying to sign Neymar so we offer him a big contract to keep him at the club, then he was given another improved contract to keep him in Brasil until 2014. The club then offered Ganso a new contract aswell but he refused to sign because he was not get pay as much as Neymar.
The Club then offer him several more contracts but he turn them all down and his agent say he will never play for Santos again. He tried to get a move to Internacional but that fell through and then the fans all turn on him.
He then play one more game but picked up another injury during that game that was keep him out for 4-6 weeks. With his medical record, the injury wasn’t look too surprising, but the rules of Brazil’s internal transfer window gave it a bad look.
In the Brasil transfer window a player is only allowed to move between clubs in Brasil as long as he has played less than seven games in the season for current club. Ganso’s "injury" meant that he would be stuck on five appearances for at least a month. Just one more week and he would have reach the seven game mark, and the injury became an “injury” in the eyes of most people.
Then when Lucas Moura moved to PSG Sao Paulo had money to spend and eventually then made us an offer and we sell him to our main rival. He would have go to a big European team but he has bad injury record so I think that held him back also.
And as for John lennon yes he is from Brasil, his full name is John Lennon Silva Santos.
http://thebotafogostar.com/2012/06/16/jo...-botafogo/
And with Bernard I know that Porto are favourites to sign him as they have number of advantages with sponsors and ownerships such as BMG who sponsor Porto and own a percentage of Bernard. Also he has said he favours Porto. Here are a few links.
http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2892/tran...o-transfer
http://www.caughtoffside.com/2013/07/31/...to-switch/