Finland's Otso Liimatta leaves Famalicao for Swedish league leaders Sirius

[p]After being loaned to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/varnamo/djzjJdOb/"]IFK Varnamo[/a] in 2025, where he played 13 matches, and to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/halmstad/Mmsc26yL/"]Halmstads[/a] last season, with 10 official appearances, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/liimatta-osto/Ot6F6hMk/"]Liimatta[/a] will remain in Allsvenskan, [b]this time on a permanent deal which is reported to be until 2031.[/b][/p][p]Liimatta still had one year left on his contract with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/famalicao/ABBgitC3/"]Famalicao[/a], but reached an agreement to terminate it and will sign with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/sirius/vXr8fotG/"]IK Sirius[/a]. According to the newspaper [i]Expressen[/i], only the medical exams remain before Otso Liimatta is officially announced by the side running away atop Allsvenskan.[/p][image alt="Otso Liimatta's stats" id="973ee3e3-82c6-4866-9e36-0b3eb42d4fec" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="72488806-5d97-462b-8bc8-87bc670dade1" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][p]The Finn joined Famalicao in the 2023/2024 season from Finnish Veikkausliiga club AC Oulu, and played 13 matches in his debut year. In 2024/2025, he featured in just six games before moving to Varnamo on his first loan spell.[/p][p]He is set to join the Uppsala club with them 14 points clear at the halfway mark, as they attempt to win major silverware for the first time in the club's history.[/p]