Roma move to hijack Sporting target, Varandas faces competition | OneFootball

Roma inquired about the possibility of acquiring a player who has been linked to Sporting; Varandas alerted

Jota Silva continues to attract several interested parties in this transfer window, with the Italians from Roma also wanting to secure the Sporting target for 2025/26. Coach Gian Piero Gasperini threatens to divert the player from the path of the green and white club.

According to information reported by the newspaper Record, the Italian club asked the Nottingham Forest directors about the possibility of acquiring the 26-year-old forward. The response was not positive, but even so, the tricky trees have not completely closed the door to this approach from the giallorossi.

Behind the response given by the British is the fact that Jota Silva is currently being negotiated between the clubs from City Ground and Alvalade. After an initial attempt to acquire the player on loan, Sporting agreed to buy part of the Portuguese international’s rights, something that meets the demands of Evangelos Marinakis.

The one who seems pleased with the possibility of playing in the green and white stripes is the Portuguese forward from Nottingham Forest himself, since he could reunite at the leonine club with his former coach from his Vitória de Guimarães days, Rui Borges. In fact, the ‘number 20’ of the tricky trees is said to have agreed to lower his salary to join the national champions.

Jota Silva – valued at 15 million euros – played in 37 matches for Nottingham Forest: 31 in the Premier League, five in the FA Cup, and one in the English League Cup. Rarely a starting option in England, the winger scored four goals and provided two assists in the 1,098 minutes he was on the pitch.

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