Juan Miranda, 24, is at the end of his contract with Betis
Although the current season has not yet ended and FC Porto is still in the fight for a title – they will face Sporting in the Portuguese Cup final, on May 26th –, the blue and whites are already looking to the new season, the the first of André Villas-Boas as president and Andoni Zubizarreta as sporting director.
And it is precisely in Spain, the country of the new football manager, that they are ensuring that the Dragons are well on their way to signing left-back Juan Miranda, from Betis.
In recent months, the 24-year-old left-hander has been appointed to several European clubs and Benfica has also appeared on his radar. West Ham, Crystal Palace, Milan and Real Sociedad were other teams discussed, but it could be at Dragão that Juan Miranda will continue his career, writes Estadio Deportivo.
The full-back, a Spanish international A player on one occasion and with several games in Roja’s youth squad, is at the end of his contract with Betis, the club he signed for in 2021, after completing his entire training at Barcelona. For the Sevillians he has eight goals and 11 assists in 107 matches and could be a reinforcement for FC Porto without transfer costs, a certainly attractive factor known as the state of Porto’s finances.
In the squad, Sérgio Conceição has Wendell and Zaidu for the position, but the Nigerian, due to a serious knee injury, is only expected to play again at the end of the year.
