Pablo Rosario an option for Alan Varela, Tomás Pérez could go out on loan | OneFootball

Pablo Rosario will be joining FC Porto for four seasons, after the club reached an agreement with Nice. The Dragons are paying 3.75 million euros for the 28-year-old defensive midfielder, born in Amsterdam and valued at 8 million euros by Transfermarkt. He arrives as an alternative to Alan Varela and is expected to travel to Porto today to undergo medical exams and formalize the contract.

Pablo was coached by Francesco Farioli at Nice (2023/24) and had long been a desire of the Italian coach. The negotiations were prolonged, partly due to the intervention of Al Shabab from Saudi Arabia, and for this reason, he did not play against Benfica in the Champions League preliminary round. “He is about to leave and does not want to play. I already knew that in the first game he was not very willing to take risks,” admitted coach Franck Haise at the time.

Convinced by Farioli to move to Invicta, Pablo "froze" the transfer to Arab football in anticipation of an agreement between FC Porto and Nice. He played 27 minutes in the opening match (against Auxerre) while awaiting the outcome of the process, which was confirmed yesterday. Porto strengthens their midfield with an experienced option, and in this context, it is likely that Tomás Pérez, who has been playing in the B team, will be loaned out until the market closes.

Pablo Rosario brings with him a record of 377 games, mainly with Nice and PSV Eindhoven – the club where he was a champion and played alongside Luuk De Jong. He also played for Almere City and trained at Ajax.

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