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

Pablo Rosario is set to join 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 M€ by Transfermarkt. He is expected to be an alternative to Alan Varela and is likely to travel to Porto today to undergo medical examinations and formalize the contract.

Pablo was coached by Francesco Farioli at Nice (2023/24) and has 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 line up against Benfica in the Champions League preliminary round. "He's about to leave and doesn't want to play. I already knew that in the first game he wasn't very willing to take risks," admitted coach Franck Haise at the time.

Persuaded by Farioli to move to Invicta, Pablo "froze" his transfer to Arab football in anticipation of an agreement between FC Porto and Nice. He played for 27 minutes in the opening match (against Auxerre) while waiting for the outcome of the process, which was confirmed yesterday. The Portistas strengthen 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 for Nice and PSV Eindhoven - the club where he was champion and played alongside Luuk De Jong. He also had a stint at Almere City and trained at Ajax.

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