Fiorentina plan to bolster their frontline with at least one new addition, as Arthur Cabral is the only one among their current strikers primed to stay. They will likely move on from Krzysztof Piatek, who is on loan from Hertha Berlin with an option to buy.
The Romans possess a €20m buy-out clause included in his loan deal in order to make his move permanent, but Jose Mourinho’s side haven’t yet displayed any motivation to sign him permanently.
Roma are getting busy in the January window, and not only in terms of purchases, as they are on the brink of bidding farewell to a few outcast. Gonzalo Villar and Borja Mayoral are headed back to Spain, while Genoa is targeting Riccardo Calafiori. Bryan Reynolds could move to Belgium.
Roma will not make major investments in January, as admitted by José Mourinho in a recent presser, but they will still try to strengthen the squad. They were able to take a close look at one of their targets yesterday. Like Inter, the Giallorossi are tracking Spezia’s Giulio Maggiore.
Torino staged a sensational second-half comeback to beat Roma 3-2 at the Stadio Olimpico di Torino on Sunday. The Granata have now extended the gap on 18th-placed Cagliari to five points and still have a game in hand on the Sardinians.
The Roma striker saga has taken yet another search, as they now look to be finalizing a deal with Real Madrid for Borja Mayoral. Last month, the stage was set for Arkadiusz Milik to become Roma's newest striker. The deal would in-turn see Edin Dzeko complete his move to Juventus but in an unexpected twist, Milik denied Roma's offer of 5M euros over five years.
Simone Inzaghi's side were competing with the likes of Juventus and Inter Milan throughout the campaign. They looked good for the title race but then the football stopped, and when it restarted, Lazio just weren't the same. Of their remaining 12 Serie A games, Lazio lost six of those, winning just five and seeing themselves finish in 4th-place of the Serie A table.