The Lazio player will join Balotelli and Douglas Costa at the UAE club

Dubai-based Al Ittifaq are closing in on the signing of Lazio centre-back Patrik, reports journalist Nicolo Scira. It is reported that the 33-year-old Spaniard will leave the Biancocelesti as a free agent. The player must sign a contract with Al-Ittifaq until the end of June 2028. Barcelona graduate Patrick said goodbye to his native club in the summer of 2015. Then Lazio paid 500,000 euros for the defender. The centre-back has six goals and six assists in 244 matches for the Romans. With them, he won the Italian Cup-2018/19 and two Super Cups of the country (2017, 2019). Let's note that Mario Balotelli and Douglas Costa play for Dubai Al-Ittifaq. After five matches played, the club is 15th (last) in the standings of the second division of the UAE.