tom stafford
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Benfica midfielder Marco Ferreira is set to join Leicester on a season-long loan.
Ferreira has fallen down the pecking order at Benfica in recent months and does not figure in Fernando Santos' plans for the coming campaign.
Benfica had considered loaning Ferreira out to another Portuguese club but, according to reports in the country, he will now join Leicester until June 2008.
The Championship club would then have the option to buy Ferreira for 800,000 euros (£550,000).
Ferreira told the Portuguese press: "Today England is a big market and I hope to relaunch my career there."
Ferreira has fallen down the pecking order at Benfica in recent months and does not figure in Fernando Santos' plans for the coming campaign.
Benfica had considered loaning Ferreira out to another Portuguese club but, according to reports in the country, he will now join Leicester until June 2008.
The Championship club would then have the option to buy Ferreira for 800,000 euros (£550,000).
Ferreira told the Portuguese press: "Today England is a big market and I hope to relaunch my career there."