Overview
- Roma has opened active talks to sign Ivan Fresneda from Sporting Lisbon as a replacement for Matteo Celik, according to media reports.
- Corriere dello Sport is cited as valuing Fresneda at roughly €15–18 million and Roma is negotiating to lower that asking price.
- Sporting records cited in coverage list Fresneda with about 2,954 minutes for the club, including 920 in the Champions League, and a contribution of one goal and three assists.
- Roma’s right flank is thin after the departures of Angelino and Salah Eddine, leaving Wesley and Rensch as the main options and creating urgency for a new signing.
- If completed before the Wales pre‑season camp, the signing would give Gasperini a versatile, attack-minded full‑back suited to his system and reduce short-term squad strain while the club finalizes other business.