Roma are now the front runners ahead of Tottenham and Manchester United to sign Ajax sensation Justin Kluivert.
The 19-year-old has chipped in with 10 goals and five assists this term to emerge as one of the finest prospects in European football.
France Football believe the Giallorossi are in talks with the youngster's agent, Mino Raiola, about a move to the Olimpico.
It would be a blow to Spurs, who are reportedly negotiating with the Dutch giants themselves, and United, with Jose Mourinho a known admirer of the forward.
Sporting director Monchi will aim for a more successful second summer window in charge of Roma after giving the green light to sell Mo Salah to Liverpool for a knockdown fee of just £35m.
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Jose Mourinho will embark on a £250million-plus summer rebuild in the wake of Manchester United’s trophyless season. Mourinho has informed executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward of his targets, which include Tottenham and Belgium centre-back Toby Alderweireld. His midfield options include Shakhtar Donetsk’s Fred, Jorginho of Napoli and Nice’s Jean Michael Seri. United are also weighing up a summer move for Real Madrid star Gareth Bale, who has been out of favour at the Bernabeu, while a deal for Juventus full-back Alex Sandro is said to be moving closer.
Marouane Fellaini has been offered a three-year deal by Italian giants AC Milan. The Belgian midfielder has decided to leave Manchester United, despite the Old Trafford club offering him a new deal.
Jack Wilshere has indicated he is ready to sign the new three-year contract with a 12-month option he's been offered to stay with boyhood club Arsenal. He had big offers from Everton and promoted Wolves while AC Milan and Juventus were also keen.
FA Cup final match-winner Eden Hazard refused to discuss his future after Chelsea’s Wembley victory over Manchester United. It leaves the Blues sweating on their star player, with Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid both watching developments.
Chelsea keeper Thibaut Courtois has admitted he could leave this summer, after warning the FA Cup winners must spend big to keep up with champions Manchester City.
Promoted Wolves are set to fight it out with Napoli to sign Sporting Lisbon's Portugal goalkeeper Rui Patricio.
Tottenham are ready to sell £11million misfit Georges-Kevin N’Koudou. The winger, has made only 23 Spurs appearances since joining them two years ago and also flopped at Burnley after a January loan move. Ligue 1 clubs Bordeaux and Lille have declared an interest.
Aston Villa manager Steve Bruce is eyeing a raid on his previous club Hull for full-back Moses Odubajo.
New QPR boss Steve McClaren wants to raid two of his old clubs — Derby for striker Chris Martin and Nottingham Forest for winger Jamie Ward.
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TalhaArshad
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Young, gifted! Look at him!
yeah
Nouman-Khan
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No! Go to LIVERPOOL !!
puzemnpuy
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this is a fight with under,schick,el sharawy for players
herbivoro
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Barcelona should sign him he is such an amazing talent
Young, gifted! Look at him!
Foliage
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Would be a very weird career choice from him. How so?
Jafferson
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He's far from ready for a next step.
Ocioso
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Well, he would get a decent amount of minutes here since Di Francesco is very good at rotating players and giving chances to play even to young prospects. It just looks like he wants more money and he is not likely to get that in the Netherlands. Coming to Rome might be a decent career choice for him.
Charlescolin
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Roma would be a good place for him IMO. Lots of young talented players, good coach, nice city to live in.
Everleys
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If this is true, it means is Monchi's bet. And in a couple of years they will be selling him for a huge amount of money.
Deburey
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Hmm, that sounds good. The thing is, he isn't really consistent in the Eredivisie and he mostly scored against lower teams. Everybody sees he's talented. He has been acting really weird. Kissing the Ajax logo during the matches and saying how he loves Ajax etc, while demanding an insane amount of money relative to our other players.
opaque
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It might not even be that bad then, but I don't understand why he wouldn't stay at Ajax, where he can play every week at 19 years old the whole matches for at least one more year. Though I hope Ajax won't let him leave and set an example in benching him for a year. How much money do you think AS Roma would give for him, considering he only has 1 year left on his contract? Totally agree. Obviously I hope I'm wrong and turns out into a great players for us, and DiFra is very good with youngsters. But to be honest he hasn't shown anything consistent up to now and at Ajax he'd be able to play all matches even if he's playing bad probably. No idea on a possible transfer fee. I'd be surprised if he went for more than € 15-20m though, as he is still young, quite unproven and he has only one year on his contract. On the other hand, if he demands a salary of € 1,5m after taxes (as reported), I guess that we could afford it without much hesitation.
Hunterron
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No idea on a possible transfer fee. I'd be surprised if he went for more than € 15-20m though, as he is still young, quite unproven and he has only one year on his contract. On the other hand, if he demands a salary of € 1,5m after taxes (as reported), I guess that we could afford it without much hesitation.
sadamu
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I hope I'm wrong and turns out into a great players for us, and DiFra is very good with youngsters. But to be honest he hasn't shown anything consistent up to now and at Ajax he'd be able to play all matches even if he's playing bad probably.
Jafferson
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I don't see him go for more than €15m. In the Netherlands we mostly talk about salaries before taxes, so I assume he wants €1.5m before taxes.
blossomaea
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One of our youth players, Luca Pellegrini (LB), is managed by Raiola and he recently renewed his contract at €1.6m before taxes (€0.8 after taxes). He hasn't debuted yet with our first team. I'm surprised by seeing how big is the difference in salary between an Italian youth player and a young starter in the Eredivisie. Now I understand why all the promising players tend to leave the Netherlands, it's quite sad tbh.
Elsa98
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Barça must sign griezmann..
Aminemido
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the best
TalhaArshad
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Barcelona should sign him he is such an amazing talent
TonyV25
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If you ask me Roma is better for him rather than Barcelona or United where he will not get much game time At Roma he will get plenty of time