Roma are working hard to recruit an attacking midfielder, and look to be inching closer to their latest target, Real Madrid academy product Jese Rodriguez.
A recent Corriere dello Sport exclusive has the Lupa’s director of sport, Frederic Massara, travelling to Paris to speak with the player and PSG directly.
A loan deal is being considered by Roma, who are assisted by mediator Umberto Gandini, who knows the 23-year-old’s entourage well.
The Giallorossi need an alternative to Mohamed Salah (set to play in the African Cup of Nations) and Alessandro Florenzi, derailed by a major ligament tear.
Jese has featured very little for PSG this season, despite joining to much fanfare in early August for €25 million.
The Spanish hopeful had already played a secondary role in Madrid, where he managed five La Liga goals in only seven starts last season. He has only started one Ligue 1 game so far.
The positive precedent Roma are hoping for? That of Jose Callejon, who has been enormously successful in Italy since joining Napoli in 2014, netting 40 Serie A goals and playing a key role in Maurizio Sarri’s system.
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