Arouca will reinforce the left side of the defense with 31-year-old Dutchman Bas Kuipers, who represented Twente, currently sixth in the Eredivisie, in the first half of the season. The news was reported by the local newspaper De Telegraaf and confirmed by More football. Trained at Ajax, Kuipers only left the Netherlands to play for Romanian side Viitorul Constanta in 2019. This season, he participated in eight games for Twente, who are expected to hand him over to Arouca until the end of the season.