Rome Transfer Market: The Club Is Rubbing Its Hands in Glee Over an Unexpected Capital Gain
It’s not just about incoming transfers for Roma, a team that the demanding Gian Piero Gasperini still doesn’t consider fully stocked—especially given the dual challenge of the league and the Champions League, in which Paulo Dybala and his teammates will be key players this season. The signing of Oosterwolde could pave the way for Jan Ziolkowski’s departure. Selling the young Polish player would deprive Gasperini of a center back, but the versatility of the new Dutch arrival—who can play in multiple defensive positions—would still allow Roma to maintain solid defensive coverage.
The Giallorossi are awaiting an offer of around 16 million euros from Neom. The sale would allow D’Amico to secure new funds to invest in the search for a winger. Considering that Ziolkowski was acquired just one year ago from Legia Warsaw for about 6 million, his departure would guarantee Roma a significant capital gain.
On the offensive front, meanwhile, D’Amico is working on multiple fronts. Once the match against Fiorentina is over, the Giallorossi’s sporting director is ready to fly to London to make a decisive push for Jamie Gittens. For the English talent at Chelsea, Roma has already submitted a 3 million offer for a loan with a 40 million buyout clause, but the Blues—who just a year ago invested about 60 million to sign him from Borussia Dortmund—are demanding greater guarantees and prefer a mandatory buyout clause. The two sides remain far apart, but with the transfer window closing soon, the situation could break the deadlock.
Meanwhile, the possibility—albeit on hold—remains open the possibility of signing Malick Fofana, a 21-year-old from Lyon whom the Giallorossi had already been pursuing in recent weeks with an offer in the range of 35 million euros and a five-year contract worth about 2 million per season proposed to the player. The deal has become complicated, but it cannot be ruled out that it might be revived in the final hours of the transfer window.
In the background, the possibility of Rafael Leao also remains. Milan has put the Portuguese forward on the market and, according to rumors reported by Sportmediaset, Roma could come forward with an offer for a paid loan of around 4 million, with a conditional buyout clause set at 41 million, covering 80% of his salary thanks to the “decreto crescita” to comply with the salary cap of 8 million gross per year. The deal appears complex, but it could come together right at the end of the transfer window if no other concrete proposals land on Gerry Cardinale’s desk.
