Pedro Lima by a whisker! What’s missing to sign for Sporting | OneFootball

Pedro Lima is getting closer and closer to joining Sporting and, at this stage, only a few final details still need to be settled for the deal between the Lions and AVS to be completed. The player's agent, Bruno Ramos, was recently in Lisbon, where he met with members of the green-and-white club's hierarchy to speed up negotiations regarding the 23-year-old Brazilian midfielder.

Frederico Varandas' board has put a fixed offer of €3.5 million on the table for the Brasília-born player. The basis of the agreement is practically sealed, with only an understanding now needed regarding some bonuses and the final structure of the deal, namely the possibility of AVS retaining a percentage of a future transfer or capital gains from a later sale.

At Alvalade, Pedro Lima is expected to sign a contract valid for five seasons. Sporting want to wrap up the operation quickly in order to get ahead of competition from several foreign clubs who are also closely monitoring the midfielder, whose characteristics are very much appreciated by Rui Borges.

This season, the midfielder has recorded six goals and two assists in 29 matches for AVS and made a particularly strong impression in games against Sporting. In the Portuguese Cup quarter-finals, he scored a penalty against the Lions and found the net again from the spot in the 1-1 draw on matchday 31 of the Liga Portugal Betclic, a result that complicated Sporting's title race.

Developed at Palmeiras, Pedro Lima was given his first-team debut by Abel Ferreira, but he eventually lost space at the São Paulo club and moved on to European football. After spells at Norwich City and Osijek, the midfielder joined AVS last summer and is now very close to taking another major step in his career with Sporting.

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