BARCELONA (Reuters) - Portugal international Pepe has signed for Besiktas, the Turkish champions announced on Tuesday, bringing to an end 10 incident-pakced years with Spanish giants Real Madrid. The 34-year-old Brazilian-born defender joined Real from Porto in 2007 for 30 million euros (£26.3 million), winning the Liga title in his first campaign. His contract with Real expired last month and, according to reports in the Turkish media, he will sign a two-year contract with Besiktas. He leaves Real after winning three La Liga titles, two King's Cup trophies and following three Champions League triumphs, although he missed this year's European Cup final victory against Juventus due to injury. Pepe has made 86 appearances for Portugal and was named Man of the Match in the Euro 2016 final win over France.

Source: The Star July 04, 2017 22:52 UTC