O Jogo<\/a>, the deal is worth up to \u20ac4 million, with a further \u20ac2 million potentially due in performance-related add-ons, while the former Norwich man is set to sign a five-year contract. Palmeiras are also reported to be owed 30% of the fee.\n<\/p>\n\n It\u2019s been a disappointing league campaign for the 21-time champions, with FC Porto having already wrapped up the title heading into this weekend\u2019s season finale.\n<\/p>\n
\n Sporting currently sit second in the Primeira Liga and are in control of the Champions League qualification race, two points ahead of Lisbon rivals SL Benfica and with a significant goal difference cushion.\n<\/p>\n
\n The prospect of playing in Europe\u2019s premier club competition, with this year\u2019s semi-finalists and the club where Cristiano Ronaldo first rose to prominence, would represent a significant step up from Lima\u2019s time in Norfolk.\n<\/p>\n
\n Under the then Under-21 coach Alan Neilson, Lima produced seven goal contributions in 14 Premier League Two appearances and also skippered the side in a 2-0 defeat to Southampton.\n<\/p>\n
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Pedro Lima pictured in Deepdale in April 2024 (Image: Paul Chesterton\/Focus Images Ltd)\n<\/p>\n
\n Amid an injury shortage, David Wagner named Lima in the matchday squad for a 1-0 win over Preston North End at Deepdale in April 2024, where his Brazilian compatriot Gabriel Sara scored a late winner, but he remained an unused substitute.\n<\/p>\n
\n His Norwich exit was announced shortly afterwards, and in a farewell message posted on his Instagram page, Lima wrote: \u201cThank you, Norwich City FC, for the opportunity. It was an honour. I wish all the best for this incredible club. Come on, you Yellows.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Two years on from his departure, the 23-year-old remains the last player recruited directly from South America, despite the club having two full-time scouts<\/a> in the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lima spent the 2023\/24 season on loan at Carrow Road from Palmeiras, as the Canaries ran the rule…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":585712,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-585711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=585711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585711\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/585712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=585711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=585711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=585711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}