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Terem Moffi held his first training session with FC Porto’s main squad this Saturday. The player has been loaned from Nice until the end of the 2025/26 season, at ‘zero cost’, with a purchase option clause set at eight million euros, plus 250 thousand euros in bonuses.

The Nigerian international trained once again under the orders of Italian coach Francesco Farioli, who had already managed him during his time at the French club in the 2023/24 season – in that campaign, he played 32 official matches, scoring 11 goals and providing two assists – numbers that, for various reasons, he has not been able to repeat since then.

The 26-year-old forward also reunited on the pitch with Pablo Rosario, another ‘familiar face’ from the Allianz Riviera between 2023 and 2025. The two played together on 53 occasions, a fact that could make the Dominican midfielder an important ‘ally’ in his adaptation to Portuguese football.

According to this Sunday’s edition of the newspaper A Bola, the board led by André Villas-Boas was unable to register the player with Liga Portugal in time for the 20th round match against Casa Pia, scheduled for Monday at 8:45 pm (Portugal mainland time), at the Municipal Stadium of Rio Maior.

Moffi may join the blue and white squad for the trip to facilitate his integration, but he will not be eligible to play. The ‘green light’ for his participation is expected to come only next week, with an eye on the Clássico against Sporting, which will be played the following Monday at 8:45 pm, at Estádio do Dragão.

Now, we await what Francesco Farioli himself will say about the arrival of a player he knows well, at the press conference scheduled for 12:45 pm this Sunday at the Jorge Costa Training and Sports Development Center, in Olival.

Eighteen months to forget for Terem Moffi

It would not be surprising if Moffi takes some time to make his debut wearing the dragon on his chest, especially considering he hasn’t played since November 30, when he played the full 90 minutes in Nice’s 3-1 defeat at Stade du Moustoir, against Lorient.

That match triggered a wave of revolt among the club’s fans, culminating in an attack on the squad by around 400 people. The Nigerian international was reportedly assaulted, which led him to request the unilateral termination of his contract with Ligue 1.

In the summer of 2024, the forward suffered a rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee, preventing him from playing for almost a year. Now, at Estádio do Dragão, he will seek to prove that he is capable of regaining his best physical and psychological form.

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