The AS Roma Chronicle
Player ratings23 Aug 2027
Matías Soulé beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 57. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Market23 Aug 2027
AS Roma turn down Manchester City for Manu Koné
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Match21 Aug 2027
Donyell Malen breaks Hellas Verona hearts
Some goals win a match and some take one off somebody else. Donyell Malen scored in the 87th minute, Hellas Verona had already begun thinking about the journey home, and AS Roma took the lot.
Market23 Aug 2027
Eyes on Donyell Malen again
The phone has started ringing about Donyell Malen again, and this time the name on the line is Porto. AS Roma are listening politely and promising nothing.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Real improvement from Santiago Castro at AS Roma
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Santiago Castro is 22, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Boubacar Kamara in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at AS Roma this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market23 Aug 2027
Only the photograph left for Emanuele Modugno
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Emanuele Modugno will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around AS Roma the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad23 Aug 2027
A late step up for Pierluigi Gollini
At 32 the improving is meant to be over. It is not: 3 points better than the mark taken at the start of the year, which is the sort of thing that happens to players who take the boring parts of the job seriously.
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
Graduation day at AS Roma
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
In brief
- The terraces The crowd has taken to Rodrigo Mora
- Squad A row about effort at AS Roma
- Market AS Roma promote Valerio Calabrese from within