It’s a short step from a market to a window: be careful, because when Mourinho use diminutives something is happening. And so the word pronounced on Saturday, which remained in the background because it was swallowed up by the media echo of the attacks against referees and opponents, has the tone of a heartfelt request to Tiago Pinto: I need another central defender in January, as Smalling and Kumbulla will not be at full capacity and N’Dicka will leave for the Africa Cup of Nations. «If a window opened – said the coach – I would be ready, even knowing our problems with financial fair play”. But if Roma underlines the virtuous style of the recovery process, which halved the losses from one year to the next, then it is reasonable to think that the Friedkin, perhaps exalted by an ambitious ranking, will accept Mourinho’s appeal. They are the owners, the first to feel in their stomachs the lack of the Champions League, which they have never yet tasted.
Rome, the moves on the market
Net of possible sales, which could obviously increase the budget to invest in the market, Roma is aiming for a profile that can integrate quickly into the team – no time to train a new N’Dicka – and that it costs little. The ideal would be a loan or at least a footballer whomoving towards the end of the contract, can push the club to which he belongs to bring forward his farewell by a few months after paying a small compensation. A player that Trigoria really likes is the Belgian Arthur Theate, former Bologna now at Rennes, left-footed defender who can also play on the left wing. At the moment, however, there are no glimmers of hope. Ditto for Spanish Pablo MariGalliani’s Monza column: in January it doesn’t move, in June it does.
Solet wants to play for Mourinho
Meanwhile, yesterday the programmatic declaration of another player who ended up on the electronic devices of Roma’s scouts was recorded: Oumar Soleta Frenchman born in 2000 from Salzburg, has expressed his intention to change team and championship («I need to take a step forward and grow as a footballer. With the qualities and ambitions I have, I think it’s the right time for the next step, which means moving to one of the major leagues and starting to play big challenges every week.”). Not only. He also spoke about the Rome hypothesis, as if he were aware of the occasion: «Mourinho is the ideal coach, also for developing a young player. It would give me a great feeling to work with him because he would certainly make me improve.” We’ll see if Salzburg will agree to deal him at affordable prices: Solet’s contract expires in 2025 and he does not intend to renew it. Especially since at the start of the season, especially due to physical problems, he has played little: for example, he is currently out with a muscle injury. Absurdly, it could be a support for Roma’s hopes.
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