On Monday, Voce Giallorossa reported AS Roma don’t intend to exercise the €18m option to buy Leeds United’s Diego Llorente. He spent the second half of last season on loan with the Italian club, and impressed enough for them to be tempted to buy him.
ASRomaLive.it have echoed this and they add the fee quoted for the defender is ‘deemed excessive’ by the Serie A side. That doesn’t mean the Giallorossi cannot retain the Leeds owned player.
Roma want to take advantage of Leeds being relegated from the Premier League, feeling that’s a reason for a lower price.
Tiago Pinto, their sporting director, has an ‘imminent meeting’ with the Whites, during which he’s expected to make another attempt to land the Spain international.
It’s stated José Mourinho’s side will try to sign him again on loan or on ‘favourable terms’.
Pinto and the Italian club are aware it’s going to be a ‘complex’ deal to bring Llorente back to the club, which is why they have already identified alternatives in the market.
Should Roma fail to take Llorente, Leeds may have to find another solution for him in the summer.
