AS Roma set to backflip and offer two midfielders a contract extensions

AS Roma have been the most in the news Italian team over the last few weeks, as the ownership and club board are falling out. It seems that more meetings are set for the future, but still nothing is decided yet for who will stay and go. This has lead to Gian Piero Gasperini and Claudio Ranieri trying to take more power over the club’s future.

Roma coach Gian Piero Gasperini, with Claudio Ranieri, poses with the award of Coach of the mounth prior to the Serie A match between AS Roma and…

The first way they will do this is through extending the contract of Lorenzo Pellegrini who looked destined to leave Roma. Talks have now resumed according to Nico Schira as Pellegrini is ready to take a pay cut to stay with the club. Pellegrini has played for Roma his entire career and his love for Roma sees him pushing to stay.

This is despite the fact that there is Premier League and Serie A clubs that are interested in Pellegrini. These clubs could likely give him a similar to higher wage to what he gets in Roma. But it is never about money for Pellegrini as he wants to be a Gialorossi legend like Daniele De Rossi and Francesco Totti.

Roma coach Daniele De Rossi and Lorenzo Pellegrini during a training session at Centro Sportivo Fulvio Bernardini on May 25, 2024 in Rome, Italy.

Paulo Dybala could also be ready to take a pay cut to stay with Roma into next season according to Corriere Dello Sport. Dybala doesn’t have the same love for Roma as Pellegrini having spent most of his career with Juventus. However, he is intrigued by Gasperini’s project.

Dybala has enjoyed most of the time that he has spent in Gasperini’s system despite missing 18 games already this seen, a number that will increase as he has needed knee surgery. Dybala is hungry to stay in Rome and prove himself to Gasperini for the future. Dybala idea of staying is helped by little intriguing options for him this summer, expect for Boca Juniors which would be a return home he isn’t ready to make.