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Roma Eye Double Left-Wing Boost With Mora and Fofana
You wait all that time for a new attacking midfielder, and then two come at once? Let’s not jump to any conclusions here, but it’s what Roma seem to be trying for. Roma’s lack of a right-footed winger or attacking midfielder has been a gaping hole in recent years, and it’s time to put that […]
Roma’s Rodrigo Mora Pursuit Is Back From the Dead
Just when it seemed we wouldn’t have to spend our Sunday dredging up ghosts of past transfers, the Italian media has breathed new life into the seemingly moribund Rodrigo Mora saga. The 19-year-old Porto midfielder popped up on Roma’s radar earlier this month, whipping fans into a frenzy with visions of a Portuguese Messi dancing […]
Roma Makes a €40 Million Move for Malick Fofana
Yesterday’s 2-2 draw with Borussia Dortmund marked the official end of Roma’s pre-season, a period filled with the usual highs, lows, hyperbole, and overreactions we see every August. While the Giallorossi looked much sharper in Dortmund than at any point during the summer schedule, there was still a noticeable lack of pace on the left […]
Roma Turns to Destiny Udogie to Solve Its Left Wing-Back Problem
While teenage sensation Rodrigo Mora continues to twist in the wind as Roma and Porto struggle to agree on the finer points of a €50 million transfer, the Giallorossi remain active on other fronts, particularly the wing-back position. In addition to bringing Champions League experience from his days with Atlético Madrid, newly signed right-back Nahuel […]
Ranking Roma’s Youth, #1: Wesley França
Every now and then, our youth rankings ends with a player who feels as if they don’t really belong on the list to begin with. That’s not because we’re fudging players’ birth certificates or bending the rules a smidge to allow one of our favorite players another year on the rankings (it’s not that serious); […]
Gasperini Rated 6th-Best Manager in the World by ESPN
It may be a bit rude of ESPN to interrupt our countdown season with its own ranking, but we’ll give the self-professed “Worldwide Leader in Sports” a pass this time. While we’ve spent the past week and a half sorting through Roma’s brightest U-23 prospects, ESPN decided to focus on the men on the touchline, […]
Ranking Roma’s Youth, #2: Niccolò Pisilli
Everyone who associates themselves with Roma takes pride in the club’s history of having sons of Rome as the face of the club. We were spoiled for two decades, watching homegrown champions Francesco Totti and Daniele De Rossi represent the club as true world-class players. Since De Rossi’s retirement, fans have been yearning for the […]
What Roma Can Expect From Nahuel Molina: An Atlético Perspective
While we’re in the midst of watching Roma bottle another transfer, this time by haggling over contractual terms that make Porto midfielder Rodrigo Mora’s loan a €50 million obligation, I thought our time might be better spent taking a closer look at the club’s most recent signing. In stark contrast to Mora and many others […]
Ranking Roma’s Youth, #3: Matías Soulé
It looked like Matías Soulé might have been considered expendable this summer, but now he’s set for a shot at rejuvenation. And after how he carried Roma in the first half of last season, who’s to say he doesn’t deserve to grasp the chance? After being #1 in the 2024 and 2025 rankings, Soulé drops […]
Official: Roma Signs Nahuel Molina
With so much attention paid to Roma’s pursuit of a left-winger this summer, the club’s official signings, Santiago Castro and Konstantinos Koulierakis, caught us by surprise. We’ll never know when the club started pursuing that pair of U-23 standouts, but how many among us envisioned the club kicking off their transfer campaign with a striker […]
Ranking Roma’s Youth, #4: Santiago Castro
We’re officially past the point in the U-23 rankings where potential alone will get you a spot. When you make your way closer and closer to #1, you have to show ability in a top-flight league, preferably Serie A, to show that you’re a serious hope for the future and for the present. There’s no […]
Roma and Porto Closing in on Rodrigo Mora Deal
Whether it’s the start of a new season looming later this month or the scars from several failed transfers this summer, Roma seems to be acting with greater urgency in its pursuit of Porto prodigy Rodrigo Mora. The 19-year-old Portuguese sensation was barely a blip on the transfer radar last week, but he’s dominated the […]
Ranking Roma’s Youth, #5: Daniele Ghilardi
Roma invested in two young defenders last summer: Jan Ziółkowski and Daniele Ghilardi. While hesitant to use either of them, you got the sense that Gian Piero Gasperini saw something in Ziółkowski earlier, but his preference seemed to change as the year went on. By the end of the season, it was Ghilardi who had […]
Can Roma’s Layaway Plan Finally Land Rodrigo Mora?
Two weeks from today, Roma begins the new season by hosting Fiorentina at the Stadio Olimpico. Two weeks. For the first time in nearly a decade, the Giallorossi will start a new season with a slate of Champions League matches ahead of them. While the club hasn’t lost any significant players and seems poised to […]
Ranking Roma’s Youth, #6: Jan Ziółkowski
Despite the trouble Roma has had developing full-backs and wide players over the years, they have been remarkably adept at identifying, recruiting, and developing central defenders. After the mid-2000s duo of Juan and Philippe Mexés left the capital, the Giallorossi featured a steady stream of highly capable centerbacks, including Leandro Castan, Marquinhos, Medhi Benatia, Kostas […]
Roma Reportedly Pursuing Porto Wonderkid Rodrigo Mora
It’s a glorious morning in the Romaverse, my friends. Whether you woke up to greet the rising sun or are dealing with some morning showers, Sunday is off to a rousing start because we get to talk about someone other than Antonio Nusa! While the Norwegian winger certainly isn’t without his merits (and costs a […]
Ranking Roma’s Youth, #7: Robinio Vaz
Robinio Vaz is only 19. He won’t turn 20 until February. He has barely a full season of senior football under his belt. Yet the teenage Frenchman is already carrying the expectations that come with his €25 million price tag. Most teenagers stay in the “honorable mention” section of our annual youth rankings for quite […]
Jean Mattéo Bahoya Offers Roma a High-Upside Alternative to Nusa
While I try not to speak for the majority of Roma fans, I feel confident saying that most of us have had enough of silly season. Yes, Roma landed a trio of intriguing players in the form of Santiago Castro, Konstantinos Koulierakis and Nahuel Molina, but their desperate pursuit of a pacey winger for the […]
Ranking Roma’s Youth, #8: Devyne Rensch
We’ve just barely cracked the seal on the 2026 version of our Top 10 U-23 countdown, and as expected, the first two names on the list, midfielder/wing-back Mattia Mannini and forward Antonio Arena, are short on experience but long on potential. Our eighth-ranked player, who happens to be 23 years old, may lack the upside […]
It Might Be Time for Roma to Roll the Dice on Sancho
Desperate times call for desperate measures. After spending the entire summer chasing left-wing targets that were either too expensive, too controversial, or simply uninterested in joining the Giallorossi, Roma is still seeking a viable candidate to fill the sizeable vacancy on their left flank. With only 17 days remaining before Roma kicks off the new […]
Ranking Roma’s Youth, #9: Antonio Arena
With the amount of big-name, high-end U23 talent signed by Roma in recent seasons to fill out the first team, it’s easy to forget about some of Roma’s talent in the academy setup. The most notable of those Primavera players is 17-year-old striker Antonio Arena, who enters his second season with the Giallorossi. Arena burst […]
Lorenzo Pellegrini Set to Extend Roma Stay Through 2027
While many Roma fans remain frustrated with the club’s inability to sign a new left-winger, Gian Piero Gasperini and Sporting Director Tony D’Amico have done well to recruit a few key signings. Armed with a new complementary striker (Santiago Castro), a promising young center-back (Konstantinos Koulierakis), and the impending addition of an attack-minded wing-back (Nahuel […]
Ranking Roma’s Youth, #10: Mattia Mannini
During yesterday’s primer for our Top 10 U-23 countdown, we reflected on the lessons learned from 12 years of ranking the best youth players the Giallorossi have to offer. While these lists have featured star players like Alisson Becker, Mohamed Salah, and Riccardo Calafiori, they’ve driven home one important fact: there’s a fine line between […]
Roma Advance Talks for Atlético Madrid’s Nahuel Molina
Roma has thrown us a few curveballs this summer. While the club has thus far balked at spending record-breaking sums on a new left-winger, they barely batted an eye before dropping €35 million on Santiago Castro, who will ostensibly serve as backup striker behind Donyell Malen (though there are permutations where they can play together). […]
Ranking Roma’s Youth: The Honorable Mentions
If it’s August at the Chiesa di Totti, that can mean only one thing: It’s time for our annual U-23 countdown. This late-summer rite of passage began 12 years ago as a way to mirror the baseball prospect lists I comb through each spring. While our U-23 countdown hasn’t always produced global superstars, it has […]
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