Roma are also back in the running for Davide Frattesi: the midfielder could be the right man for José Mourinho.
Gianluca Piacentini, journalist for Corriere della Sera, spoke to the microphones of calciomercato.it, broadcast on the Twitch TVPLAY channel, to talk about Roma’s assault on Frattesi.
“I return to Frattesi talking about Bove, because among the various things that have been written there would be this request from Sassuolo to be able to include Bove in the negotiation. I don’t know if it’s a game of both sides. With a coach like Mourinho, I think it is possible the sacrifice, perhaps with regret, of Bove in order to have a more ready player like Frattesi,” began the journalist.
“Frattesi would be a starter, Bove would be a fourth or fifth in a midfield with Matic, Cristante and Aouar and maybe Pellegrini, depending on the module. To get attached to the idea of youngsters who will then perhaps become champions in the future, especially when you have a coach who needs to get results now, is complicated. “
“If we look back a little at the players who came out of Roma’s youth academy, in the last 30 years there have been few players who have gone on to make a difference. Pellegrini, who came back, Frattesi, Politano who won the Scudetto at Napoli… but it’s not like Napoli won the Scudetto thanks to Politano. Then there are many who may have done well, but there isn’t one who, had he stayed at Roma, could have changed the team’s fortunes. “
“Romagnoli himself, who was perhaps the highest example, at AC Milan was captain, but it was an AC Milan in great difficulty,” the interviewee continued. “Bertolacci and Romagnoli brought 50 million with Sabatini; yet, someone twisted their mouth. And I, Bertolacci, now don’t know where he plays. So I would sacrifice Bove for Frattesi and I think Mourinho would too. “
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“I’d like the Frattesi-Scamacca pair to be reunited, maybe I’d say more Scamacca than Frattesi,” said journalist Piacentini. “Yesterday there was the meeting between Roma and Sassuolo for Missori and Volpato, I think inevitably there was also talk of Frattesi.”
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“On the Roma side the position I think is still the same,” said the journalist. “So €30 million including the famous 30% discount. Roma value him at that amount there and don’t want to participate in auctions. Both Inter and AC Milan are quite busy at the moment.”
“Inter have already lost a starter like Dzeko, they will probably also lose Brozovic and to make a new centre forward they may have to give up their goalkeeper, yet we are talking about a team that is very active in the market. A.C. Milan selling someone like Tonali, then they will certainly make a market”.
“Roma settle their accounts by selling players who were not even in Rome last year, the 30 million capital gains come with Volpato, Missori, Kluivert and Tahirovic, minutes in Serie A last year? We won’t get to 500, I think. The capital gains, however, are real, Tahirovic is already a Bosnian national player for example,’ concluded the interviewee.