Nice close to signing Todibo

Jean Clair Todibo could pack his bags once again. The player who was set to be one of Barca's most exciting youngsters in defence will be loaned out for the second half of the season. 

After seeing how Benfica are about to reach an agreement to end the loan deal at Benfica early. Nice will get the French defender. 

'Nice-Matin' reports that the French club are close to reaching an agreement with Barcelona. In any case, Todibo will not be available for Sunday's match against St-Etienne. 

Barca will solve one of their problems and loan Todibo, this time to Ligue 1. He cannot get into the team because of Araujo. 

At Benfica, the defender has played just two games for Benfica, one of them in the Portuguese cup and the other in the Portuguese League Cup. This last one was in a defeat against Sporting Braga. 

Since it was revealed that Benfica wanted to end his loan spell early, several clubs have been linked with him. Lazio, Valencia and Benevento were on the radar, but it will be Nice who end up getting hold of Todibo.