Experiences in Italy proceed to hyperlink Roma with a transfer for Manchester United’s Joshua Zirkzee within the January switch window, and a damning statistic from in Serie A exhibits precisely why Gian Piero Gasperini wants new attacking reinforcements.
Roma misplaced management of the Serie A desk after slipping to a 1-0 defeat in opposition to the league’s reigning champions, Napoli, at residence on the Stadio Olimpico on Sunday night.
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This outcome signifies that there are presently 4 groups separated by only one level on the high of the Serie A standings, which may develop into 5 factors ought to the in-form Bologna beat newly-promoted Cremonese on Monday night.
Roma strikers battle in opposition to Napoli
ROME, ITALY – NOVEMBER 30: Gamers pose for a workforce {photograph} previous to the Serie A match between AS Roma and SSC Napoli at Stadio Olimpico on November 30, 2025 in Rome, Italy. (Picture by Paolo Bruno/Getty Photographs)
Roma have been one of many shock packages of the 2025-26 Serie A season following the appointment of Gasperini in the summertime, even though the coach didn’t get all of the attacking targets he needed in the course of the summer time switch window.
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If ever there was proof that Roma want new attacking choices, it was Sunday’s 1-0 defeat in opposition to Napoli: A recreation during which the Giallorossi registered simply two photographs heading in the right direction throughout the 90 minutes, one from centre-back Gianluca Mancini and one within the dying moments from attacking midfielder Tommaso Baldanzi.
That’s even though Roma deployed three totally different gamers in a centre-forward or false 9 position on Sunday, beginning with Evan Ferguson, ending with Paulo Dybala and with Baldanzi having been given a go inbetween.
PISA, ITALY – AUGUST 30: Tommaso Baldanzi appears to be like on in the course of the Serie A match between Pisa SC and AS Roma at Area Garibaldi on August 30, 2025 in Pisa, Italy. (Picture by Gabriele Maltinti/Getty Photographs)
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After Stephan El Shaarawy changed wing-back Wesley in the direction of the top of the sport, Roma had 4 attackers on the pitch and had been nonetheless unable to mount any actual menace on Vanja Milinkovic-Savic’s purpose.
The final time that Roma registered fewer photographs heading in the right direction throughout 90 minutes was over eight months in the past in beneath Claudio Ranieri.
It’s little shock, due to this fact, to see reporting that Gasperini desires two new attacking reinforcements in the course of the January switch window.
Former Bologna ahead, Zirkzee, who began and scored for Manchester United in a 2-1 win over Crystal Palace within the Premier League this weekend, has been the first-choice for a number of months. Monday’s stories additionally declare that Tottenham’s Mathijs Tel can also be an possibility for the Giallorossi this winter.