Matteo Ruggeri is part of the wider Roma market squeeze, but the immediate issue is Soulé: he still has not decided whether to move to Al Ahli. Roma needs a sale before June 30, and the club is waiting on that decision while the clock keeps running.
Roma is asking for 40 million for Soulé and would also accept 5 million less. Ten percent of any deal would go to Juventus, which has tried to re-enter the discussion without pushing far into it.
Al Ahli and Roma
Al Ahli keeps pressing for Soulé, but it has not yet presented an official offer. That leaves Roma with a player it wants to move and a price tag it has already fixed, while the buyer side has not crossed the line into a formal bid.
The club is pushing for sales to help with plusvalenze, yet it is also rejecting offers and refusing to move prized players cheaply. The Friedkin have decided not to sell their prized players cheaply, and that stance narrows the pool of deals that can actually solve the accounting problem.
Roma before 30 June
The pressure is not limited to Soulé. Roma risks ending the first part of the transfer market with only the sales of Sangaré, Saud, Baldanzi, Romano and the money from IMG for international TV rights, while it may still receive 10 to 15 million from insurance for the Bove case.
There are still other pieces on the board. The agreement with Basilea for the 6 million related to the Calafiori dispute is still postponed, D'Amico will try to sell reserve players and some young players in the last 48 hours, and Mannini and Cherubini remain for sale.
June 30 pressure
Cherubini is liked by Torino and Frosinone, talks continue with PSV for Salah-Eddine, and PSV wants to buy him outright. The departures of Angeliño and Dovbyk are postponed, with Dovbyk set to start preseason as a separate case and Roma ready to try until the end to sell him, even on loan with an option to buy.
Roma is expected to remain far from the 50 million in plusvalenze it should have registered by June 30. Chelsea asked about Palestra before turning to him and received a double refusal from the club and the player, while Pisilli and Ndicka are both considered non-transferable for now.
