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Roma must pay double for Balerdi, claim French reports

23Mar

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Roma must pay double for Balerdi, claim French reports

PARIS, FRANCE - MARCH 16: Leonardo Balerdi of Marseille during the Ligue 1 football match between Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and Olympique de Marseille (OM) at Parc des Princes stadium on March 16, 2025 in Paris, France. (Photo by Jean Catuffe/Getty Images) There are mixed reports in Italy and France on the status of Roma interest in Olympique Marseille defender Leonardo Balerdi, with double the asking price. Their pursuit of the central defender goes all the way back to his time in Argentina as a 19-year-old, with links even when he was still at Boca Juniors in 2018. Now that he is 26 years old and flourishing at Olympique Marseille, La Gazzetta dello Sport suggests that Roma are back in the running and the player has already given the all-clear. This much is confirmed in Franc...

Athletic Club coach Valverde enthusiastic about Roma atmosphere

7Mar

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Athletic Club coach Valverde enthusiastic about Roma atmosphere

Ernesto Valverde head coach of Athletic Club gestures during the UEFA Europa League 2024/25 Round of 16 First Leg match between AS Roma and Athletic Club at Stadio Olimpico on March 6, 2025 in Rome, Italy. Athletic Club coach Ernesto Valverde was impressed with Roma, both on and off the field, in the Europa League tie. ‘I hope we can have half the atmosphere they had tonight.’ The supporters had been told to come to the Stadio Olimpico with simple yellow and red flags, so the thousands followed those directives and made it a beautiful sight before kick-off. It helped the Giallorossi complete their comeback from the Inaki Williams header, turning it around through Angelino and the last-gasp Eldor Shomurodov winner. At that point, Athletic Club were down to 10 men for the second Yeray Alv...

17Dec

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Galatasaray target Roma star Dybala

Paulo Dybala of AS Roma looks on during the Serie A Enilive match between AS Roma and US Lecce at Stadio Olimpico on December 07, 2024 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Giuseppe Maffia/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Galatasaray have set sights on Paulo Dybala in addition to Lorenzo Pellegrini, who are both going through an uncertain time at Roma. Carlos Novel, one of the agents of the Argentine, traveled to Turkey to talk with the board. He watched the match against Trabzonspor from the presidential box, Corriere dello Sport informed. According to the local press, La Joya is seriously considering joining the Cimbom. On the other hand, he’s closing in on an automatic renewal thanks to his recent run of starts. His wages will balloon to €8M annually, add-ons included, once that happens. T...

Ivan Juric addresses matias soule stuttering Roma start

3Nov

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Ivan Juric addresses matias soule stuttering Roma start

Argentine Player of AS Roma Matias Soule in action during the Roma-Inter match at the Stadio Olimpico. Rome (Italy), October 20th, 2024. Roma manager Ivan Juric addressed Matias Soule’s relatively sparse playing time at the Stadio Olimpico in the build-up to Sunday’s Serie A trip to Stadio Marc’Antonio Bentegodi. Fresh off a morale-boosting 1-0 win against Torino, the Giallorossi will aim to beat Hellas Verona later today and finally find a way out of the bottom half of the standings. Soule’s situation at the Stadio Olimpico has recently become a concerning subject. Roma paid Juventus nearly €30 million to sign the Argentine winger in the summer. However, he has been on the fringes of the Giallorossi squad despite Roma’s dreadful start to the new league campaign. The 21-year-old was una...

Lautaro Martinez nets stunner in Inter Milan’s 1-0 win over Roma

21Oct

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Lautaro Martinez nets stunner in Inter Milan’s 1-0 win over Roma

Lautaro Martinez of FC Internazionale celebrates with teammate Henrikh Mkhitaryan after scoring goal 0-1 during the Serie A match between AS Roma and FC Internazionale at Stadio Olimpico on October 20, 2024 in Rome, Italy. Inter Milan secured a 1-0 victory at Roma on Sunday, courtesy of a brilliant second-half goal from Lautaro Martinez in a tightly contested Serie A match. Martinez made the breakthrough on the hour mark, controlling the ball on the edge of the area before firing it high into the net. Inter are now second in the table with 17 points, two behind leaders Napoli, while Roma are 10th with 10 points. There were numerous chances for both sides to break the deadlock in the first half, but Roma keeper Mile Svilar and his Inter counterpart Yann Sommer made several impressive saves...

Roma Director Addresses De Rossi, Dybala, and More

2Oct

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Roma Director Addresses De Rossi, Dybala, and More

Roma director Florent Ghisolfi dished on several topics in his first interview since joining the team but refused to go into too much detail about Daniele De Rossi’s firing. He spoke with Corriere dello Sport. “The decision has been made, and it’s time to move on. It’s hard to find stability in football. That’s why we decided to build a club that doesn’t depend on a coach or an exec. It was a tough week because it’s rare to see the departures of a boss and a CEO at the same time.” Ghisolfi examined the Paulo Dybala saga. “Al-Qadsiah targeted him, and he thought about it as normal. He made a sentimental decision, which is positive for everybody considering his quality and connection with the team, the owners, and the fans. Since we’re pragmatic, we had to take his desire to leave into cons...

Serie A | Genoa 1-1 Roma: Dovbyk not enough for first victory

15Sep

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Serie A | Genoa 1-1 Roma: Dovbyk not enough for first victory

Artem Dovbyk scored his first goal in the Roma jersey, but Koni De Winter snatched a last-gasp equaliser for Genoa, so Daniele De Rossi still waits for his first win. The Giallorossi had Enzo Le Fée injured and Nicola Zalewski frozen out for rejecting a Galatasaray transfer, so Manu Koné got his first start. The hosts missed Junior Messias, Fabio Miretti, Alessandro Zanoli, Brooke Norton-Cuffy, Alan Matturro and David Ankeye. Tennis champion Stefanos Tsitsipas took centre stage during the warm-up, as he has been a Genoa supporter since childhood and got to enjoy the atmosphere. Paulo Dybala had penalty appeals waved away after 12 minutes for a Koni De Winter challenge and Johan Vasquez charged down the Gianluca Mancini header on the resulting corner. Koné blasted over from the edge of the ...

Chris Smalling makes surprise career decision with one year still left on his Roma contract

3Sep

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Chris Smalling makes surprise career decision with one year still left on his Roma contract

After serving Serie A giants, Roma, so well over the past few seasons, centre-back, Chris Smalling, has decided that it’s time to move on, even though it’s understood that he still had a year left on his contract with the Giallorossi. It isn’t clear at this stage if the decision to leave was a mutual one, though Daniele De Rossi has moved quickly to bring in a replacement in the form of Mario Hermoso. Smalling, 34, has seemingly enjoyed a reasonable career in Italy, but has now made a decision, ahead of his thirty-fifth birthday in November, to see out his playing days, like so many of his contemporaries, in the Saudi Pro League. Transfer expert, Fabrizio Romano, noted on X (formerly Twitter) late on Monday night that a two-year deal with Al-Fayha has been signed by him and his ag...

Done Deal: Roma secure free agent Hermoso

1Sep

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Done Deal: Roma secure free agent Hermoso

Multiple reports this evening confirm Roma have agreed personal terms with free agent Mario Hermoso, who had also been in talks with Galatasaray. Sky Sport Italia, Fabrizio Romano and more are all confident that the deal is done and he will fly into the Eternal City on Sunday. The contract should be until June 2027, although there will also be a release clause allowing him to potentially leave in 2026. The defender only turned 29 in June and can crucially play as a centre-back as well as a left-back. He spent the last five years with Atletico Madrid and was released when his contract ran down on June 30, leading to negotiations with clubs including Galatasaray, Al-Ittihad, Al-Shabab, Inter and Milan. Hermoso to Roma as Smalling replacement It had been suggested over the last few days...

Dybala explains decision to reject move to Saudi side Al-Qadsiah

26Aug

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Dybala explains decision to reject move to Saudi side Al-Qadsiah

Paulo Dybala admits he weighed up "a lot" of options including his family, the city of Rome and a desire to get back into the Argentina national team before performing a last minute U-turn on a move to Saudi Arabian club Al-Qadsiah. The 30-year-old forward was set for a move to the Middle East before changing his mind at the last moment to remain at Roma. Roma forward Paulo Dybala says he weighed "a lot" of options before rejecting a move to Saudi Arabian club Al-Qadsiah, admitting “I don’t know how the Saudi club took it, because I did not speak to them.” The 30-year-old was set for a move to the Middle East in a deal that would have seen him earn a reported £64 million over three years, but changed his mind - choosing to remain at the Stadio Olimpico. According to Football Italia, Dyba...

Dybala commits to Roma, rejects big Saudi offer

23Aug

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Dybala commits to Roma, rejects big Saudi offer

Argentina star Paulo Dybala announced on Thursday that he would remain with AS Roma, ending weeks of speculation linking him with a lucrative move to Saudi Pro League club Al Qadsiah. Multiple reports indicate that Dybala turned down an offer of €75 million ($83M) over three years. "Thank you Rome...See you on Sunday," he said in an Instagram post. Dybala's decision came amid a period of uncertainty about his future. He trained separately from the Roma first team on Thursday and was absent from the starting lineup in their opening Serie A match against Cagliari last Sunday. Dybala is entering his last year of his contract with Roma but the deal has an automatic extension if he plays at least 15 official matches this season. He will earn €7.5 million plus €2 million in add-ons and bonus...