Nicolo Zaniolo’s Roma future is heavily shrouded in doubt and even the interested Juventus have raised concerns.
The 22-year-old Italian forward is not having a particularly simple season under coach Jose Mourinho in the Italian capital, with things recently being even more frustrating. He was benched for the Derby della Capitale success against Lazio and did not feature in the play-off match against North Macedonia. He also frustrated Roberto Mancini in the friendly win over Turkey.
As reported by Calciomercato.com, Juventus are interested in picking up Zaniolo in the summer but they’ve recently raised some doubts and they certainly don’t play to pay Roma €60m for his signature.
Should he stay in Rome, his new deal would be far from his €5m net per season requests, so he’ll need to perform with flying colours in the final weeks of the season if he wants these wages.
Zaniolo has been ruled out of the Giallorossi’s upcoming match against Sassuolo but he could appear off the bench in the Europa Conference League match against Bodø/Glimt.
#Zaniolo, la crisi continua. Non è più un titolare e il futuro, tra #ASRoma e #Juve, è un rebus https://t.co/7BHXsWL5OP pic.twitter.com/O1NFXM69fS
— calciomercato.com (@cmdotcom) April 1, 2022
The PL is the only place he’ll reach his potential. There, he can get away with all of his technical flaws and survive on his physical gifts alone. Look at Salah…no one in italy saw him as elite due to the same flaws and look at him now.
Serie A is a waste land.
I disagree on the Salah comparison. He had the finesse and technique to play Serie A. But agree Zaniolo would be better suited for PL.
Salah was bad at finishing. He could dribble past 3 players, go 1 on 1 with the goalkeeper and then send the ball outside the Olimpico. Klopp improved him a lot and that’s he’s now a superstar.
Zaniolo even nowhere near 40 milion euros
I hope he has enough courage and goes abroad. Italian youngster should try there luck lock also outside of italy .
I hope he has enough courage and goes abroad. Italian youngster should try there luck also outside of italy .
another wasted talent in the making…
It’s only his first season back after missing two years. The expectation is too high but he does have incredible potential.
He is balotelli #2
He’s not the same after his injuries which is a shame but also his attitude doesn’t help.