Javier Pastore completes move away from PSG to become Roma's seventh summer signing

Javier Pastore has completed a permanent move to AS Roma.

The 29-year-old Argentine midfielder, who previously enjoyed a two-season spell in Serie A with Palermo, ends a seven-year association with French powerhouse Paris Saint-Germain.

Pastore, for a reported £17.5m, becomes the Giallorossi's seventh major acquisition this summer ahead of next season.

Pastore in Paris

Pastore, who has earned 30 international caps with Argentina, relocated to Paris from southern Italy in the summer of 2011 and has gone on to feature in no fewer than 269 matches for PSG subsequently winning five league titles.

Across those appearances, he has been involved in 107 goals - scoring 45 of those and creating a further 62 for his teammates. During the 2017/18 season he made no fewer than 37 appearances under Unai Emery in all competitions; of those, 25 have come in Ligue 1, though Pastore started in 14 matches and completed the full 90 minutes on just six occasions.