Roma had hoped their €35m plus add-ons offer to VfB Stuttgart would suffice, but Jamie Leweling rejected both them and Everton, so they turn to Zenit’s Luiz Henrique or Jamie Bynoe-Gittens of Chelsea.
The Giallorossi had set aside a fee of €35m plus €5m in bonus to secure a new attacking winger for coach Gian Piero Gasperini.
They had several candidates on the list for the final hours of the transfer session, but had already seen names like Jean-Matteo Bahoya of Eintracht Frankfurt removed.
Leweling refusing transfer, Roma look elsewhere
There were suggestions from Sportitalia today that an agreement was reached with VfB Stuttgart for Leweling at €35m plus €5m in add-ons.
That may well have been true, but Sky Sports Deutschland and Sky Sport Italia both confirm this evening that the player has refused all offers.
He is determined to stay with Stuttgart, and also turned down Everton this evening with similar terms.
Down to the final hours of the window, Roma are now going to focus on securing Luiz Henrique from Zenit St. Petersburg for the same €35m plus €5m proposal.
It is also possible they will try again for Bynoe-Gittens from Chelsea.