Genoa’s former general manager claims Monchi offered Roma sensation Nicolo Zaniolo to his club in January.
Zaniolo was one of Serie A’s breakout stars during the second half of last season with Roma, but Giorgio Perinetti revealed Monchi tried to take him elsewhere.
“On deadline day of the last transfer window, [Federico] Balzaretti called me saying that Monchi wanted to talk to me,” Perinetti, who left Genoa earlier in the summer, told Il Secolo XIX.
Genoa’s former general manager claims Monchi offered Roma sensation Nicolo Zaniolo to his club in January.
Zaniolo was one of Serie A’s breakout stars during the second half of last season with Roma, but Giorgio Perinetti revealed Monchi tried to take him elsewhere.
“On deadline day of the last transfer window, [Federico] Balzaretti called me saying that Monchi wanted to talk to me,” Perinetti, who left Genoa earlier in the summer, told Il Secolo XIX.
“Monchi then called me, asking if I was interested in taking Zaniolo on loan.”
The Spaniard was a deeply-unpopular figure at the Olimpico and vacated his role as the Giallorossi’s sporting director in March.