Pepe's contract with FC Porto ends at the end of the season. Despite having agreed to renew his contract with the club for another year, the validation of the contract with the league has not yet been finalized. The continuation of Pepe in FC Porto is one of the issues to be resolved by the new administration of FC Porto, which takes office on May 28, two days after the final in Jamor, against Sporting. Although he has had some problems with injuries, which have kept him out of eight matches so far in 2023/24, the Portuguese international continues to be one of the undisputed for Sérgio Conceição, whose stay is still to be clarified.