Atalanta steal Giacomo Raspadori from Roma as they look to seal replacement deal

Giacomo Raspadori has been one of the most discussed names for Serie A transfers since before the start of the January transfer window. All the talks was him to return to Serie A as he didn’t like life in Spain. There was only one team who had reported interest in Giacomo before the start of the window Roma.

Everyone thought that it would be Roma which would sign Raspadori, but as January drew deeper Roma still couldn’t complete the deal. The main rumours where that Raspadori was holding off on the deal as he wanted to return to Roma. However, none of that was true instead he decided to go elsewhere entirely.

Fabrizio Romano confirmed that Raspadori will instead be making the move to Bergamo to join up with Raffaele Palladino and his squad in Bergamo. The move was one that surprised everyone as no sources had him linked to Atalanta at all. However, Raspadori is set to join them on a deal that will cost Atalanta a total of 20 million euros to Atletico Madrid.

Raffaele Palladino of Atalanta celebrates at the end of the Serie A match between Atalanta BC and Torino FC at Gewiss Stadium on January 10, 2026 in…

This has now lead to Roma looking for replacement options, especially with them also missing out Joshua Zirkzee. Zirkzee will now stay at Manchester United due to a coaching game seeing Ruben Amorim fired. This has lead to Roma looking for new targets and according to Fabrizio Romano (Same source as previous) they have found one.

They are looking to sign Donyell Malen from Aston Villa and are getting extremely close to doing so. Roma have been able to agree personal terms with Malen already which will help the deal get complete. Now Roma just need to agree a formula to the deal and how much it will cost them.