Lucas Noubi, a 20-year-old defender and former Belgian youth international, is reportedly set to join Deportivo La Coruña. Noubi had been sidelined at Standard due to his refusal to extend his contract, which led to his exclusion from the first team. Despite being a promising talent with 45 appearances for Standard's first team and having represented Belgium in almost every youth category, he was removed from the main squad in October and relegated to playing with SL16 in the first national division. Although he was previously linked with Paderborn in Germany during the January transfer window, Noubi has chosen to move to Spain to continue his career. Deportivo La Coruña, a club that won the Spanish title in 2000 but has since fallen to the lower leagues, managed to secure their place in the second division last season by finishing sixteenth. Transfer watcher Matteo Moretto reported that Noubi is about to sign with Deportivo La Coruña.