Jose Mourinho is not finished building his grand project with Roma yet and he’s now pushing the club to sign Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum.
The French giants have transfer listed the Dutch midfielder as they look to trim the squad a little following the change in management, with sporting director Luis Campos and coach Christophe Galtier keen to build a project in Paris.
As highlighted by Calciomercato.com, intermediaries offered Wijnaldum to Roma and Milan earlier this month, and the former are significantly more interested than the latter. Mourinho is a fan of the former Liverpool man and believes he’d be a great fit for his tactical system in Rome.
The Giallorossi could sign Wijnaldum on a loan deal with a €20m buy option attached, something which would still give PSG a capital gain. The main issue, however, is the Dutchman’s salary.
Wijnaldum currently earns around €9m net per season in Paris and PSG would be open to paying half of that, leaving Roma to shore up the other €4.5m net for the season. The Growth Decree law cannot be taken advantage of as it would only a one-year loan, at least initially.
Mourinho doesn’t want to miss out on Wijnaldum and so is pushing the Giallrossi management to make a move. Tiago Pinto is keen to make this happen and is also trying to lighten up the wage bill by rehoming Jordan Veretout, Amadou Diawara and Justin Kluivert.
Wijnaldum and belotti would make roma a solid contender for winning serie A after dybala deal done.
Not convinced he is the right signing for us