ROME – Phe was at Napoli. Bologna liked him, especially sporting director Sartori. Roma like him and, after the farewells of Lukaku and Belotti, and with Tammy Abraham which appears increasingly distant from Trigoria, needs to sign at least a couple of central attackers. The first name on the list of the Giallorossi club is that of Jorgen Strand Larsen, 24 years old, Norwegian. He plays for Celta Vigo, knows Italy having lived for a year in Milan as a member of the AC Milan Primavera (coached at the time by Gattuso), is a friend of Haaland and, above all, has a clause 50 million euros. A figure that, obviously, Roma cannot and does not want to spend. But, as with Napoli a few weeks ago, in Galicia they are willing to listen to offers of around twenty million, perhaps with some bonuses. There isn’t a real offer from Roma yet, but the negotiation is real. The clubs are talking to each other, the player has given his availability. He would have liked to play in the Champions League, as he said at Bologna, but the possibility of a big place (Naples or Rome) fascinates him. And he is also fascinated by the idea of returning to that country that welcomed him as a young boy, perhaps still too young to explode (5 goals in 30 appearances).
Like Vlahovic
Compared by many to Vlahovic, one meter and 93 meters tall, in love with Italy and the capital, as he wrote on social media a year ago when he had the opportunity to meet the Pope, is returning from a season with 13 goals in 39 appearances in Vigo. Good with his head and with his goals, he loves playing for the team and provide assists. For Marco Garces, sporting director of Celta, in December the Norwegian had a value of 25 million or more. For now, no one has come close to this figure and this is why in Vigo they are starting to lower their demands. In addition, of course, to focusing on his replacement which should be Borja Iglesias. Also because, given that the whole world is a country, even the Celta fans suffer from the club’s few transfer operations and so does the coach: the summary is that they need to sell to buy and the feeling is that Roma wants to try to accelerate in the next few days to make it available to De Rossi as soon as possible. First, however, we need to understand what will happen with Abraham.
Desire for the Premier League
The Englishman is torn between the desire to stay and the need to relaunch himself in his beloved Premier. Aston Villa is a very real possibility given that Duran is expected to be sold soon. Roma values Tammy at 30 million and it is clear that his transfer would allow them to immediately have the money for Strand Larsen. But it is not certain that the two things are so correlated, at least in terms of timing. Because at Trigoria they know that many people like the player and so they would like to understand how to close quickly. Also trusting what was written, and said, when Sartori’s Bologna had their eyes on him: he played for Groningen, he was the first name ahead of Zirkzee. He didn’t arrive because he cost too much, but many were ready to bet on his talent. A couple of years have passed, Strand Larsen is no longer a gamble. In the meantime Ibrahim Sangaré has arrived in Rome: medical examinations passed.
