The Dutch striker snatched from the Giallorossi at the last minute. As? With the same method with which Chelsea took Palestra by mocking Inter. It is the fate of Italian football in this summer of transfer market.
Like Inter with Marco Palestra, who ended up at Chelsea and not Appiano Gentile when the Nerazzurri transfer men were convinced they had reached checkers. Roma will not buy the Dutch striker from West Ham Crysencio Summerville which will instead end up in Saudi Arabia at the court of Simone Inzaghi’s Al Hilal. A transfer story like any other, a story that confirms the now structural difficulty of Italian clubs in closing months-long negotiations when foreign competition appears on the table, in this case Saudi dollars.
The joke for Roma occurred when everything seemed to have fallen into place. The latest offer from the Giallorossi club, just under 50 million euros, was in line with West Ham’s requests and also with the player everything was set for a five-year contract worth 4 million euros plus bonuses. Operation worth 90 million in total, the effort of the Friedkin family to meet Gasperini’s requests.
However, Summerville never got on the plane that was supposed to take him from Rotterdam to the capital. In fact, at the last minute, Inzaghi’s Al Hilal, who had had his eye on the player during the World Cup, slipped in between Roma and West Ham. A blitz on unattainable figures for Serie A: 80 million to the English club and triple the salary for the attacker. End of story. Summerville will play in the Saudi Pro League, which is not the best for a 25-year-old on the launch pad of his career but certainly represents the choice that will settle him for several generations.
Roma, mocked on the finish line, must start working again to give Gasperini the winger he asks for. The negotiation for Mason Greenwod has already stalled on the figures, diverting the winger to Türkiye at the court of Fenerbache. At the end of July an uncomfortable situation that will require a rapid response from the Giallorossi managers.
