With less than two months to go until the summer transfer window opens, Roma, in the thick of the race for a Champions League spot, must start looking to the future and planning for the upcoming season.
After the end of their relationship with Ranieri, the Friedkins could also thank and bid farewell to current sporting director Frederic Massara, who will be increasingly distant from Trigoria at the end of the season.
Two hot names to replace him are Atalanta’s D’Amico and Napoli director Giovanni Manna.
According to Matteo De Santis of La Stampa, the latter is Gasperini’s favorite, and discussions have already been initiated to bring him to the capital.
The Friedkins themselves have contacted Napoli’s current sporting director, and it remains to be seen how much compensation he will pay to the Neapolitan club. Furthermore, approval from Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis is pending.
