BAPTISTA TO JOIN MALAGA

Roma's Baptista is set to link up with Malaga once the transfer windows reopens in January. The El Diaro Sur daily claimed that the 29-year-old reached an agreement on a three-and-a-half-year contract with the Andalusian club on Tuesday.

Italian daily Corriere dello Sport reported that Malaga will pay two million euros for Baptista, whose annual salary will fall from 3.2 million euros to 2.5 million euros.

The final decision on the transfer rests with Italian bank Unicredit, who are Roma's majority shareholders.

Roma have been linked with bids for Pepe Reina and Robinho in the January transfer window.