Roma closing on deal for Sao Paulo defender Ivan Piris

tribalfootball.com Updated July 31, 2012, 12:05 pm

AS Roma are closing in on a deal for Sao Paulo defender Ivan Piris.

Roma aim to set up a loan agreement with the view to signing Piris permanently next summer.

Piris is highly-rated and the Giallorossi expect to announce that the deal has been done within the next few hours.

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