Henrique is currently on loan at Palmeiras until July 2012 and a return to Barcelona looks highly unlikely.
After signing for the Catalan club in 2008, the 25-year old centre-back has yet to feature in Pep Guardiola’s first team.
Recent reports in Brazil suggested that Grêmio were negotiating a deal to sign Henrique in January, but the clubs executive director Paulo Pelaipe has now dismissed the reports.
”We’ve never even spoke to Henrique, but I can’t keep denying everything that comes out in the media,” Pelaipe told Rádio Gaúcha.
