The transfer of Tottenham Hotspur defender Federico Fazio to Roma looks set to be completed after the Argentine was photographed holding a scarf from his new club at the airport in Rome.
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Fazio spent the second half of last season on loan at Sevilla and Spurs manager Mauricio Pochettino recently announced that the centre-back is not part of his plans for 2016-17.
“I am very happy to join a great team like Roma”, Fazio told the Roma website. “I really want to start training and get to know my new team-mates and coach”.
He didn’t play consistently in England, but he has experience, he’s a solid player with a strong mentality.
While the particulars haven’t exactly been ironed out yet, it is widely speculated that Roma and Spurs have agreed to a €4 million loan-with-an-option-to-buy deal.
Either way, whichever club the 29-year-old joined, once everything was finalized, Tottenham would be selling at a loss.
He signed a four-year deal at White Hart Lane but has played just 25 times for the club – and was sent off on his Premier League debut.
On from taking his medicals this morning, Fazio signed a contract and officially became a Roma player, as confirmed by the club. Whoever proves to be the best out of this bunch could see themselves playing alongside Wimmer in cup competitions.
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With Toby Alderweireld and Jan Vertonghen as their first-choice pairing at the heart of the Spurs defence, it’s clear that Fazio will continue to find it impossible to break into the starting line-up.
