Dempo who were looking for a creative midfielder, after Brazilian Beto joined Churchill Brothers, will recruit Trinidad & Tobago international Densill Theobald.
The 29-year-old, who was in the T&T squad for 2006 World Cup in Germany and represented Trinidad & Tobago in 69 matches and made three appearances for his country playing in a drawn opener against Sweden before losing the next two games to England and Paraguay, will arrive in Goa in the next couple of days.
Densill lead the T&T national side against Indian side in a recent international friendly. Dempo general secretary Armando Colaco who is also the India coach was impressed by his performance.
In 2003-04, Densill made his first appearance in an international friendly against Scotland, but in a losing cause as T&T lost 1-4.
He had captained T&T's U-23 squad in 2002 and made his senior international debut against Caribbean rivals Barbados in July 2002 and has been described as a skilful player with good vision and passing abilities which Dempo is looking for.