Roberto Maida Tuesday 26 March 2024, 07:30
He will come back, yes, you will see that he will come back. Maybe immediately after the European Championship. But where can it really go? Zaniolo? Let’s try to understand it, starting from his contractual situation: the price tag It is owned by Galatasaraywho sold him toAston Villa on loan for 3.5 million with the obligation to buy at 27 tied to 80% of the minutes played in the season. To date Nicolò in England is not … at risk of a permanent transfer because he has appeared in 31 out of 40 matches in the championship and cups but had very little space. Suffice it to say that his last match as a starter in the Premier League dates back to 5 November. In short, it could be in everyone’s interest, including Galatasaray, find a solution in Serie A which could also benefit the Roma. Because in the contract signed by Tiago Pinto with the Turks in January 2023 there is a complicated bonus on resale: if the figure is above 20 million, Roma will go to 2 million; if instead the price is between 16.5 million and 20, Roma gets 20 percent.
Is Zaniolo returning to Italy? All the hypotheses
Thinking of the Italian teams, probably only one could welcome him with a certain interest due to a question of salary (here we are at 4 net per season) and relationships: it is Milanwhich already has an excellent player like Pulisic on the right wing but could strengthen itself in all departments with a view to the Champions League. Zaniolo would also gladly go to Juventus, the team he loved as a child and which he came close to a couple of years ago, but at the moment it doesn’t seem to be in the management’s thoughts. The same can be said for Napleswho had tested him in the season before the Scudetto when the current Italian coach Spalletti was already there. As for Interwho weaned him, there are no chances also because Zaniolo isn’t really the 3-5-2 type. Excluding Rome and Laziofor different reasons that Nicolò explains in the interview, is another plausible hypothesis the return to Fiorentina, where management is different than the one that repudiated him when he was an ambitious (and temperamental) teenager. In a possible 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1 Zaniolo would be perfect as an attacking right winger.