Roma head coach Claudio Ranieri insists that he’s happy with what he has seen from striker Artem Dovbyk and that the Ukrainian was not a ‘dangerous signing’ for the Giallorossi, however has warned that he ‘should enhance’.
Dovbyk has posted respectable numbers following with 11 objectives and three assists from 30 Serie A matches this time period, however has not all the time proven the consistency required to carry onto his beginning place within the Giallorossi line-up.
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Nonetheless, Ranieri is just not overly involved. He feels that Dovbyk has had an honest season when it comes to aim contributions, and in contrast his first season to former Roma striker Edin Dzeko, who scored eight objectives in his first 12 months on the Olimpico, earlier than netting 29 within the following league marketing campaign.
“I nonetheless consider in him,” Ranieri stated throughout his on Friday forward of Roma’s upcoming match in opposition to Fiorentina.
LECCE, ITALY – MARCH 29: Artem Dovbyk of AS Roma throughout the Serie A match between Lecce and AS Roma at Stadio By way of del Mare on March 29, 2025 in Lecce, Italy. (Photograph by Francesco Pecoraro/Getty Photographs)
Ranieri believes Dovbky ‘not a nasty signing’ for Roma, however ‘he should enhance’
“He’s a participant who has made appreciable progress,” Ranieri continued. “He was not a nasty signing. There are guys who adapt instantly and a few later. You bear in mind Dzeko. He introduced us quite a lot of necessary factors. For a primary 12 months, it’s optimistic.”
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Regardless of the phrases of encouragement, Ranieri additionally took a chance to encourage Dovbyk earlier than a vital run of Serie A fixtures for the Giallorossi.
“He should enhance as a result of he has the means and the abilities to take action.”
epa11680472 Roma’s Artem Dovbyk scores the 1-0 aim throughout the UEFA Europa League soccer match AS Roma vs Dynamo Kyiv at Olimpico stadium in Rome, Italy, 24 October 2024. EPA-EFE/ALESSANDRO DI MEO
Reporters additionally requested Ranieri if Dovbyk is ‘untransferable’ given the quantity that Roma paid to deliver him over from LaLiga final summer time.
He replied: “I don’t like to speak about these types of issues. I like to speak about what we may obtain this 12 months. That may distract your focus.
“What’s going to occur on the finish of the season, we’ll speak about on the finish of the season. It applies to him (Dovbyk), nevertheless it additionally applies to everybody.”