With so many outlets trying to get their information out there regarding AS Roma’s attempts to sign Diogo Dalot from Manchester United, we decided to do a round up of what was published on Friday morning.
We’ll start with Corriere dello Sport, who give us the general feeling in Italy right now, reminding their readers that the Portuguese defender ‘has already given his willingness to transfer’ to Rome, and ‘the two clubs are working on an agreement on the basis of a loan with the right of redemption at €15m’.
That’s nothing new in itself, and many outlets have made it clear that, for this to go through, the Red Devils would much rather get guaranteed money, therefore turning the option to buy into a mandatory one.
There is optimism, however, as ForzaRoma.info point out that, as things stand, an agreement for the transfer ‘appears to be more than an eventuality’, although their figures are slightly different, believing Dalot would ‘cost around €10m’.
And even then, they state that’s a figure ‘that could be lower given the little use of the player by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’.
Then, we get onto Il Romanista, who actually give us the most detail out of the lot.
They corroborate Corriere’s slant of Dalot wanting to join AS Roma, claiming he ‘immediately said yes to the Roma option, and add that the transfer ‘would also be possible with the loan formula (a couple of million euros) plus a right of redemption’.
The figures for that option, however, are the stumbling block, as Manchester United want it to be set at €15m ‘with the clause becoming an obligation after a given number of appearances’, while the Italian ‘would guarantee €8m and an obligation based on more complex conditions’.
Despite this, there would be ‘margins to get to the white smoke’, meaning an agreement.
Optimism aplenty in Italy on Friday morning, then.
