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

Pablo Rosario will be a reinforcement for 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 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 target of the Italian coach. Negotiations dragged on, partly due to the intervention of Al Shabab from Saudi Arabia, and for that reason, he did not play against Benfica in the Champions League qualifying round. “He is 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.

Convinced by Farioli to move to Invicta, Pablo “froze” the transfer to Arab football in the hope 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 for the B team, will be loaned out until the end of the transfer window.

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

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