Roma Paid Inter a Visit to Discuss a Pair of Players | OneFootball

Roma director Florent Ghisolfi attended the recent clash between Inter and Bayern Munich and spoke with the Nerazzurri hierarchy before the match. The Giallorossi want to make sure Nicola Zalewski will stay put in Milan in the summer, Tuttomercatoweb informs.

The Pole joined on loan with an initial €600k fee and a €6M option, and not an obligation, to buy. However, there’s a gentleman’s agreement between the two clubs to make the deal permanent.

Roma wished to verify first-hand that Inter will indeed abide by that. He has played 8 times since switching sides.

Moreover, the capital club gauged the counterparty’s interest in Lorenzo Pellegrini, who’s likely to leave in the summer. His contract is up in 2026. There have been no conversations to renew it. He has the same agent as Zalewski. The Nerazzurri might contemplate him if Henrikh Mkhitaryan retires or leaves. Napoli showed interest in previous windows.

Our Take on Roma, Inter, Zalewski, and Pellegrini

It’d be a problem for the Giallorossi if the wing-back returned, as they had to re-up with him before the loan, something both parties were reluctant to do before this opportunity emerged. He’s not been a regular but is still an asset given his versatility. They wouldn’t find much better at that cost. The alternative would be to lean either on the youngsters they already control, Tomas Palacios and Tajon Buchanan, who didn’t win over Simone Inzaghi in the recent past, or find cheap and unproven ones.

Instead, even if the Scudetto holders were keen, which is unlikely given their manifest desire to get younger, the midfielder is too offensive-minded to succeed Mkhitaryan.