Nuno Tavares set for €10m Besiktas move, as Lazio secure new left-back | OneFootball

Sky Sport Italia and others report Besiktas will sign Nuno Tavares on loan with obligation to buy for €10m, as Lazio replace him with Villarreal’s Alfonso Pedraza.

It had been clear for a while that the former Arsenal man was not suited to Maurizio Sarri’s style of football and had dropped down the pecking order, even during an injury crisis.

ROME, ITALY – JANUARY 05: Nuno Tavares of SS Lazio in action during the Serie A match between Roma and Lazio at Stadio Olimpico on January 05, 2025 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Marco Rosi – SS Lazio/Getty Images)

Having already sold Matteo Guendouzi to Fenerbahce, Lazio are again doing business with the Turkish teams and have agreed to hand over the left-back.

Nuno Tavares fate is sealed with Besiktas

ROME, ITALY – DECEMBER 07: Nuno Tavare of SS Lazio in action during the Serie A match between SS Lazio and Bologna FC 1909 at Stadio Olimpico on December 07, 2025 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Marco Rosi – SS Lazio/Getty Images)

According to Gianluca Di Marzio, this will be a loan deal with obligation to buy at the end of the season for €10m.

It is significantly less than the €18m demand mentioned by LaLazioSiamoNoi last week.

Meanwhile, the same Sky Sport Italia transfer expert also notes that Lazio have already found his replacement in the form of 29-year-old left-back Pedraza.

His contract expires on June 30, so there will be a small payment to let him quit Villarreal early.