Rome, now the transfer market: Cristante renews, Angelino in the balance. Dovbyk-Ferguson away

And now that Gasperini has full powers, we can also start planning next season based on the dictates of the Giallorossi coach. Because then many things had stopped, stranded along the way, since we still didn’t know where we would end up. Now that everything is much clearer, we can start making choices. Who goes and who stays, waiting to see who will arrive.

The nucleus

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Gasp in recent days has been clear, for example, about a group of players, who are the ones who represent the core of his Roma. “This team has a clear and important basis: it must not be rebuilt, it must be strengthened.” A concept that was also anticipated by that “I heard about the sixth place gang. But be careful, without these players it’s easy to get even twelfth or thirteenth”. In short, for Gasperini the hard core of current Roma is fine. After all, they are those “highlanders” that he often referred to at the beginning of the season, when there were those 8-9 players who dragged the group forward.

On the rise

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And so, for example, since yesterday the chances that Lorenzo Pellegrini could still remain in the Giallorossi have increased, after the ten seasons he has already spent in Trigoria. Pellegrini and Gasperini have in fact established an excellent relationship along the way, both human and professional. And Gasperini has already let the club know that he would like to continue to have him with him. “If we make an exception for Dybala, he is our most technically gifted player”, the coach’s opinion. Pellegrini’s contract is expiring, but now he could also find an agreement to extend it for a couple of years (certainly, not at the current 6.5 million euros). And two other Gasp loyalists are Mancini and Cristante, who the coach has known since his time at Atalanta. Their renovations had been blocked at the request of the Friedkins, who had given the mandate to change the historical nucleus. Now that message can go to mothballs (with the renewal until 2029 which can become operational again), given the trust that Gasp has in the two of them. Gasp who would still like to have Hermoso, another with an expiring contract but who Roma can renew for another year by the beginning of May.

Who goes

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Those who will certainly leave Roma are El Shaarawy, Tsimikas, Ferguson, Zaragoza and perhaps Venturino (it will also depend on Baldanzi). Dovbyk is out (who never had an excellent feeling with the Roma coach), while Angelino, El Aynaoui, Celik, Ndicka and Koné are also in the balance. All for different reasons. Angelino has never really fully recovered, El Aynaoui has disappointed this season and could go and play elsewhere, Celik’s contract is expiring and despite Gasp’s “flattery” he is asking too much for a renewal. While Ndicka and Koné can be destined for the altar of capital gains, to settle the Giallorossi’s accounts before the fateful June 30th.