Roma are poised to sign Federico Fazio from Tottenham Hotspur on a permanent basis and hand the centre-back a contract running until the summer of 2019.
Fazio has now featured in the specified number of games needed for Roma to pay €3.2m to keep him on a permanent basis, following his arrival on a season-long loan from Tottenham last summer.
The Argentine has become a key man at the Stadio Olimpico and, according to Italian daily Gazzetta dello Sport, Roma will keep him by paying a €3,2m fee.
Allied to the €1.2m loan fee paid to Tottenham to sign Fazio on loan, the defender will cost the Italian giants just €4.4m, which they believe represents superb business.
Fazio has become a rock in the Roma defence and the Giallorossi will hand him a contract running until 2019, which could net him €3m dependent upon the team's performances and his displays.
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Roma coach Luciano Spalletti was clear on Fazio's value to the club following Sunday's 1-0 win over Cagliari in Serie A.
The Roma boss said: "For us, it is now impossible to do without him."
