While the club has yet to announce the deal, the midfielder's registration as a Nerazzurri player has already been confirmed by Lega Calcio, the Italian football league

had been under contract to Porto until 2014 but had become increasingly frustrated by a lack of game time at the Dragao this season.

Inter have already brought in a replacement by completing the signing of Fredy Guarin from Porto While the club has yet to announce the deal, the midfielder's registration as a Nerazzurri player has already been confirmed by Lega Calcio, the Italian football league.Guarin's imminent arrival was brought up during Claudio Ranieri's press conference ahead of Wednesday's Serie A clash with Palermo and the Inter coach admitted that he was looking forward to working with the Colombia international."Do I like Guarin? Yes, but it is not official yet," the trainer explained, smiling. "He's a player of great quality, physical presence and he can change the play; he's just what we needed."Now we just need time to ensure that he gets back into form. We hope to have him with us soon so he can begin to adapt to our football and give us what we want from him."According to Sky Sport24, the Nerazzurri will pay an initial €1.5 million to take the midfielder on loan until the end of the season with a view to signing the player on a permanent transfer in June for €11m.Guarin, who had also been linked with Juventus during the current transfer window,

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