Claudio Ranieri and Roma should do with out star participant Paulo Dybala for the rest of the season after he after , which is able to maintain him out of motion for no less than two months and subsequently the remainder of the 2024-25 marketing campaign.
Right here is how the Giallorossi might change La Joya for his or her 9 remaining Serie A matches.
How Roma can change Dybala for Serie A run-in
With Roma now out of the Coppa Italia and Europa League, ending as excessive as doable within the Serie A desk stays the only precedence this marketing campaign. Thankfully for the Giallorossi, they’ve been the division’s kind staff this calendar 12 months, however maintaining the tempo with out Dybala to name on will probably be a tricky activity.
means that summer time signing Matias Soule would be the direct alternative for Dybala within the beginning line-up over the approaching weeks.
The 2 attackers are pretty comparable in profile, each are left-footed and like to function in the precise half areas. Thursday’s stories point out that Soule would be the ‘assured’ starter within the Roma assault in Dybala’s absence.
Assuming that Artem Dovbyk and Eldor Shomurodov stay because the go-to choices at centre-forward, that leaves an attacking function to the left of Soule in Ranieri’s at present most popular 3-4-2-1 system.
Ranieri has a number of choices to rotate between for that function. The latest starter within the ‘left 10’ place was Tommaso Baldanzi, who can also be on the fringes of the Italy nationwide staff squad.
Baldanzi is predicted to be the go-to possibility alongside Soule, though captain Lorenzo Pellegrini can also be anticipated to be given alternatives in that function earlier than the tip of the 2024-25 marketing campaign. Stephan El Shaarawy additionally offers Ranieri with an alternative choice in that place.
There has additionally been a suggestion that Alexis Saelemaekers might function in a type of attacking roles, nevertheless, he’s at present extra helpful to Ranieri in his common place at proper wing-back.