AS Roma Transfer Rumours pt. II

Angelo Di Livio has stated that Stekelenburg still has shoulder problems and might have to be operated, meaning he'll have to spend 6 months on the sidelines. This would explain why we're looking to sign another keeper.

Huge blow honestly. Lobont is fully capable of stepping up though.

At least we won't have to worry about being shafted in the derby again

Some info on our new goalkeeper target:

Name: Mauro Daniel Goicoechea Furia
Age: 24
Nationality: Uruguayan
Club: Danubio
Credentials: 2005 Uruguay U-17 World Cup team, 2007 Uruguay U-20 Word Cup team.

Goicoechea reveals Roma move
By Football Italia staff

Danubio goalkeeper Mauro Goicoechea has revealed that he is set to join Italian giants Roma this summer.

“I’m really happy,” he told a website in his homeland of Uruguay. “I’m living through a really important moment.

“I’ve had to wait for 15 days, but fortunately everything has been concluded in the best manner possible.

“As soon as I arrive in Rome I will contact Emiliano Alfaro [of Lazio] who was a colleague of mine in the past and he’ll help me.”

Goicoechea is a 24-year-old who has spent his entire career at Danubio. He has represented his country at Under-17 and Under-20 level.

Roma’s current ‘keepers include Maarten Stekelenburg, Bogdan Lobont and 18-year-old Tomas Svedkauskas.

Bojan linked with Sampdoria according to CalcioNews24

Hope for Bojans sake he goes to Samp. He needs to be on a team where he starts a lot and can thrive.

Barusso has signed for Genoa and been loaned out to Novara. It's about time that poor guy leaves. Also, Cassetti has signed with Watford.

http://www.vocegiallorossa.it/?action=read&idnotizia=41720

Burdisso reportedly rejects the gunners. Awesome

A lot less confusing

DiRocco wrote:Hope for Bojans sake he goes to Samp. He needs to be on a team where he starts a lot and can thrive.

I actually think we should hold on to Bojan.I have a strong feeling he will really light up serie a this year under Zeman's style of play.

I'm still hoping Sabatini will surprise us with a CB on the last day of the transfer window.Our mercato has been excellent to date, but were we to sign a good quality CB I'd think I would cream my pants lol,someone like Ogbonna or Rolando.

Patrick Bateman wrote:

DiRocco wrote:Hope for Bojans sake he goes to Samp. He needs to be on a team where he starts a lot and can thrive.

I actually think we should hold on to Bojan.I have a strong feeling he will really light up serie a this year under Zeman's style of play.

Think so? I kinda get the impression Bojan will hardly feature...between Totti, Osvaldo, Destro, Lamela, and seems Zeman likes Nico Lopez. Bojan seems to be the odd man out. I do like Bojan though so I wouldn't mind him featuring frequently.

Ogbonna would be a great suprise!

Bojan will be ostracized mainly because of the situation with his deal. It's highly unlikely that we'll sign him permanently considering the fact that Barca still want 28m for him. To that point, I don't see why we can't get the best out of him while we have him though and I do think we'll need him as injuries will occur inevitably.

Come next summer though, not even a Di Natale-esque season may be enough to keep him here.

Bojan is pretty strongly linked to Milan at the moment. I think he'll get game time at our club but he's certainly not the answer to our problems.

Yeah Bojan looks like he's set to sign for Milan in the next couple days. On our end, if we were to sell one of our strikers, it would be Bojan. That being said, I was happy with the way our team looked from midfield up so I'm kind of disappointed to see someone leave. But of course, Bojan hasn't convinced Zeman enough so far, just like he wasn't even able to convince Luis Enrique who was the man who brought him here in the first place, that alone says a lot.

I'm disappointed that we're giving him to Milan who we'll most likely be in direct competition with this season. If Bojan has a good season and we just miss out on a Champions League spot, we'll be kicking ourselves like never before.

Like I said before, we ain't paying no 28m for him. I like him as a player and he's quite talented, but Barca put simply too high a price tag on him. We won't pay it and Milan sure as hell won't pay it, but I look forward to seeing what he can do with a squad that will actually look to him for goals.

Not at all concerned that he may come back to haunt us honestly.

Bye Bye Bojan, hello Beppe Rossi?
By Football Italia staff

Bojan Krkic’s imminent move to Milan could free up room at Roma for Villarreal’s Giuseppe Rossi.

Sky Sport Italia journalist Gianluca di Marzio has suggested that the Giallorossi are thinking of making an offer for the troubled Italian international striker, who missed Euro 2012 having suffered two serious knee injuries during the last year.

Rossi is unlikely to be fit to play before 2013 but is interesting Italian clubs nonetheless, the 26-year-old's injury problems and his club's relegation from La Liga having weakened Villarreal’s bargaining position.

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If we can get him for a cut price this would be a great move IMO. We have enough talent in attack that we can take a slight risk on him and his injuries. If he is able to come back strong from his time off could prove an awesome buy and he can play in several attacking positions...plus he's "Italian"

Final day:

-Borriello is close to signing with Genoa, the deal still has to be concluded.

-Sabatini has rejected a loan offer from Siena for Junior Tallo.

- Luca Antei will stay with us at least until January, as we couldn't reach an agreement with Catania.

-Julio Sergio will stay with us, despite previous rumors that he was on his way out. Looks like he'll be 4th choice, after Stek, Lobont and Svedkauskas.


Edit:

-The deal for Goicoechea is nearly done, he should be our third choice keeper.

We now have 5 goalkeepers. I see Svedkauskas going out on loan, but 4 is still too many I think.

@McLewis: would you please give a summery of summer transfers (ins & outs)! I haven't been regular in this section (the forum as a whole as a matter of fact) during that time.

It appears bulk of Roma team is new/young players. Also some senior/regular players have left. Then there are the likes of Totti who will feture less/infrequently (age, injury, competition). When all these put together, what do you expect from this season!

First bullshit transfer rumor for January

http://forzaitalianfootball.com/2012/10/roma-eye-e30-million-swoop-for-cska-moscow-midfielder/

Wow, not a single chance in hell.

I literally LOL'd when I read that rubbish on my twitter feed. That site is good for their Op-eds about Roma, but not for their transfer news

You gotta think and spend big to win big. Simple thing in todays football. If you dont, youll end up with Zeman, medicore players and random results.

Been linked with Rolando, Facundo Roncaglia, Johan Djourou recently....indicating we're probably going to sign a CB in January to possibly replace Burdisso, who was offered in the Roncaglia offer apparently.

OSvaldo2 from brazil