José Mourinho’s Roma played in their first pre-season friendly today. A rehearsal behind closed doors at Trigoria’s facilities against rookie Trastevere ended in a predictable 5-0 win, but there was an opponent due to its absence.
According to Roma, Nicolò Zaniolo did not participate in the match due to a pubalgia but, according to the Italian press, from the entourage of the 23-year-old player it was leaked that the real reason was related to his possible departure at the club.
It’s no secret that in recent weeks Zaniolo, who has a contract until 2024, has been at the center of rumors that have put him at Juventus. In fact, his representative Claudio Vigorelli met with the directors of the Turin club to find out the details of the contract.
Roma did not receive an offer from Juventus
However, Juve have not presented an official offer to Roma, which will only be considered if it does not reach 50-60 million euros and does not include players in the operation to lower this amount.
In any case, if the situation is not clear in the next few hours, everyone points to Zaniolo traveling with his teammates to Portugal to carry out the second round of Roma’s preseason.
Friendship goals against Trastavere came from Chris Smalling, Stephan El Shaarawy, Eldor Shomurodov (who also did not receive a penalty) and Cristian Volpato twice.
Source: La Verdad
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