AS Roma are preparing a new bid for Mehmet Zeki Çelik. Talks ongoing with Lille, José Mourinho wants him as priority target, as per @DiMarzio. 🔴🇹🇷 #ASRomaNegotiations will continue this week with a new proposal.— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) June 13, 2022 Davide Frattesi has reportedly agreed to join Roma and he’s set to sign for the club by the end of this week. https://t.co/uoAyZyuXt9 #Frattesi #Roma #Sassuolo #SerieA #Calcio— Football Italia (@footballitalia) June 13, 2022
I have a feeling Frattesi is going to be one of those signings that Mou didn’t ask for, and will eventually be benched by a random primavera player. But hopefully I’m wrong.
I agree. He will be expensive if reports are to be believed....30m asking with a 30% discount is still high if he is going to be benched. I think Mou will have to approve as that is probably a significant % of the budget.
Agree with others that absolutely no moves are happening without Mourinho's stamp of approval. However, I've read 1000 times here that our issue this past season was not having a true defensive midfielder and that was our problem in every match from Inter to bottom of the table Genoa... It makes me eager to see the rest of the summer moves if so much will be spent on Frattesi before finding the mid that's going to move Cristante out of the DM role (if Mourinho actually does agree with most of fans here in that regard). Matic seems like a great signing but to pencil him in for more than 1/2 of the matches seems unrealistic. If the forum is correct in pinpointing Cristante as the issue at DM and Jose still wants to keep/renew him then Cristante and Frattesi are pretty much the Veretout/Oliviera replacements. I'm on the fence from the times I've watched Frattesi about his "difference making quality" for that price tag but admittedly didn't see Sassoulo a lot. Still seems a real DM in his prime is where we'll need to bridge the gap between Roma and the top 4 and I hope there's a lot of money for that splash signing. .
Frattesi is a good option for box-to-box if he's bought for a reasonable sum. I see him as raw, still has to learn to adapt to big games and evolve in his playing style. What he offers right now though is a lot of athleticism, a player who isn't afraid to break between the lines on the dribble, who is strong in tracking back, and one who definitely isn't afraid to burst forward and shoot (he has a nice shot) on goal. Can he learn how to play zone in Mourinho's two when bunkering down in defense? Why not. He seems to have decent football IQ.
do we really need Celik if we can just bring back Florenzi? we can rotate him between wingback, winger, and center mid
This team is too good for the likes of Florenzi. But at least we've had football giants like Moronchi, Di Francesco, the other bald DS f*ck, Flopseca and every other blamed football genious take a nice big dump on Trigoria while getting paid mid 7 figures for the pleasure.
Sky Sport confirm Roma interest in Houssem Aouar https://t.co/l6lTVOnioy— RomaPress (@ASRomaPress) June 15, 2022 Ok wait, this would be a great signing. Would fill Micki’s void. Not sure this means we’d miss out on Frattesi, think they’d both be filling voids Micki —> Aouar Veretout —> Frattesi Oliveira —> Matic