According to Il Messaggero, Nicolò Zaniolo and his family blame Roma for ‘psychological pressure and mobbing’ and could therefore sue the Giallorossi.
Zaniolo asked to leave the Stadio Olimpico in January with 18 months left in his contract.
However, he refused to join Premier League strugglers Bournemouth who had put on the table €30m plus add-ons. Multiple reports in Italy claim he reconsidered their offer on Monday night, but he was rejected as the Cherries had already signed Sassuolo‘s Hamad Traore at that point.
Zaniolo has been frozen out of the team and is not expected to play for Roma again this season, but according to the player’s family, the club has to be blamed for this situation.
As per Il Messaggero, the player’s family believes the Giallorossi put pressure on him and pushed him out of the team causing a ‘media massacre’ that hit the Italy international.
Therefore, they have already informed the Assocalciatori that they want to sue the club.
Zaniolo didn’t train with Roma in the last two days, returning to his home town La Spezia after being threatened by angry ultras in the capital on Sunday night.
The 24-year-old had agreed not to show up for training on Monday, but the club had not approved his absence the following day.