Argentine footballer Javier Pastore leaves Paris SG for AS Roma

June 26, 2018 On Tuesday, Italian-capital football club AS Roma announced the signing of Argentine midfielder from French club Paris Saint-Germain on a five-year contract, which runs through to June 30, 2023. AS Roma said they paid a fee of €24.7 million for Pastore's transfer.

29-year-old Pastore joined Paris in 2011, and since then the Argentine has played over 250 games for the French club. Pastore has scored 45 goals and provided 56 assists. During his tenure at the French-capital club, Pastore has won five each of the French and  trophies and four each of the  and. Internationally, Pastore has played 29 games for Argentina, scoring two goals.

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Pastore has been assigned jersey number 27, Roma announced via their website. With the arrival of the Argentine midfielder, Belgian midfielder Radja Nainggolan moved to FC Inter Milan.