The club have kept the Number 11 shirt unregistered in order to register the Villarreal star, who is expected to fly into Brazil in the coming days to complete proceedings.
With Osvaldo’s purchase close to completion, the deals should represent São Paulo’s final activity of an off-season which has seen them add the likes of Bruno Cortês and Jadson to an already impressive squad.
There has been much speculation that Casemiro could be used as a makeweight in any Nilmar deal, having fallen out of favour at the Morumbi, but there has been no comment on the matter from either club.
