Floriana FC secured the services of Portuguese thirty one year old central defender Rui Manuel Linhares Areias.

Rui Areias is a product of Vitoria Guimaraes and was also on the books of FC Porto, FC Arouca, FC Penafiel, CD Mafra, SC Covilha, AD Fafe and Varzim SC.

The Greens, who had earlier appointed Daniel Portela as their new coach, had signed Iago Mendonca and opted not to retain goalkeeper Christoffer Mafoumbi, Oualid El Hasni, Jork Becerra, Alexandros Kouros, Gabriel Sotomayor and Elvis Mashike.