Lorenzo Pellegrini – Football Scout

Serie A’s surprise stars so far: Ruiz starring for Napoli, Sensi the gem in Inter’s midfield

Fabian Ruiz has been a revelation in the Napoli midfield and was recently scouted by Barcelona.

Five rounds into the 2019-20 Serie A season, we thought it would be fun to highlight the players who have really caught the eye so far. You’ll be aware of some but others will come as a surprise.

Fabian Ruiz, MF, Napoli

When Bayern ungraciously sacked Carlo Ancelotti, his son and assistant Davide went to live with his Andalucian girlfriend in Seville. While over there, he developed a football crush on a Betis midfielder.

“I fell in love with Fabian,” he explained, “so when we met [Napoli and]…

Transfer Rater: Lorenzo Pellegrini to Man United, Donny van de Beek to Chelsea

Things change in the blink of an eye in football. The Football Whispers Index takes the latest transfer rumours and gives them a score out of five; the higher the score, the more realistic and reliable the Whisper.
Here are today’s top five emerging whispers. And keep an eye on Transfer Talk for all the latest gossip.
Donny van de Beek to Chelsea
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FC Exclusives
– Barca board split over Pogba
– Man United dismiss Zidane rumours
– Mendy facing uncertain future at City
– Ramsey’s contract talks collapse

The Blues, and a number of other potential suitors across Europe, have received a boost in their pursuit of Ajax midfielder Donny van de Beek….

Rumours rated: Bale to Manchester United? Griezmann to Barcelona? Alisson to Chelsea?

Former Gunner Paul Mariner sifts through an Arsenal-heavy transfer rater, including Marouane Fellaini, Stephan Lichtsteiner and Jack Wilshere.
With the transfer window open, David Amoyal sorts through the speculation and rates how likely the rumoured moves are to take place.
Gareth Bale to Manchester United: 25 percent
After becoming the hero of the Champions League final, Bale cast some shadows on his future with Real Madrid by making it clear he wants to play more next season. Manchester United have been taking steps to try to bring him back to the Premier League, but between Zinedine Zidane’s departure and Cristiano Ronaldo’s uncertain…

Scouting Spotlight: Lorenzo Pellegrini, Mauricio Lemos, Allan Saint-Maximin

Lorenzo Pellegrini has been attracting interest from a host of Premier League clubs.
Scouting spotlight looks at a Roma academy graduate attracting Premier League interest, a World Cup hopeful for Argentina and a youngster on Arsenal’s radar.
Lorenzo Pellegrini, Roma
After starting out in Roma’s youth setup, Pellegrini made his Serie A breakthrough during a two-year spell with Sassuolo. His performances in the 2016-17 campaign prompted Roma to exercise their buyback clause, with Pellegrini arriving alongside manager Eusebio Di Francesco.
Playing style
A technically gifted, two-footed…

Edin Dzeko, Kevin Strootman come up short for Roma at Juventus

Medhi Benatia scores the winning goal for Juventus in the first half.
Roma’s title hopes took another blow with a defeat at the Allianz Stadium, where they are yet to pick up a single point and on Saturday lost their third straight match a Scudetto rival.
For three quarters of the match, Juve had Roma in their pocket and Roma needed goalkeeper Alisson on the top of his game. The Brazilian did his best to do what his defence couldn’t and stop Medhi Benatia with two fine double saves before the Morocco international smashed home the winner. But once Patrik Schick and…

Returning Romans Florenzi, Pellegrini to give Roma a much-needed boost

Rome’s special bond with locally-born players means Alessandro Florenzi’s return will help both on the field and in the stands.

When Eusebio Di Francesco revealed on Friday that Alessandro Florenzi will start against Hellas Verona it signalled the end of an 11-month injury nightmare for the Roma all-rounder, and alongside a probable debut start for fellow returning Roman Lorenzo Pellegrini, will give the Giallorossi a bit of local flavour that Roma fans have always liked to have in their side.
Florenzi’s almost year-long layoff means that his return to the team makes him one of football’s oldest cliches — the…

Roma head into season with flaws and dampened expectations

ESPN FC’s Gab Marcotti gives his Serie A predictions for the new season.

ESPN FC’s Gab Marcotti gives his Serie A predictions for the new season.
An underwhelming preseason and transfer window means Roma are starting a new season with the lowest expectations since Rudi Garcia had to fend off protesting fans outside the Trigoria training ground back in 2013.
Their recent trip to Spain, which highlighted some obvious flaws in both the first XI and the second string, has dampened enthusiasm for Roma’s chances of challenging for the Serie A title ahead of Sunday evening’s opening trip to last season’s surprise package Atalanta, with AC Milan…

Roma look very much a work in progress under Di Francesco on eve of season

Gab Marcotti previews the upcoming Serie A season with his predictions for the top four and the Scudetto winner.

Late second-half goals from Sergio Escudero and Nolito were enough for Sevilla to hold off Roma in their club friendly.
Tu…

Roma’s subtle moves for Lorenzo Pellegrini, Rick Karsdorp fill gaps

Gianluigi Donnarumma’s night was marred by protest, but a Lorenzo Pellegrini overhead goal paved the way to an Italy win.

Mohamed Salah says he wants to win trophies after completing his move from Roma to Liverpool.
While all eyes have been on Roma’s record-breaking sale of Mohamed Salah to Liverpool and the quite bonkers story of Kostas Manolas pushing Antonio Rudiger to Chelsea by refusing to sign for Zenit Saint Petersburg, apparently because he didn’t want to be paid in rubles, sporting director Monchi has quietly brought in two of Europe’s most promising young talents and boosted two areas that were in serious need of reinforcement.
Roma youth product Lorenzo Pellegrini comes back to his hometown after…

Sassuolo’s Lorenzo Pellegrini set for Roma return

Atletico Madrid’s Saul scored a hat-trick to down Italy and set up a meeting with Germany in the final on Friday. Lorenzo Pellegrini confirmed on Tuesday that he will be moving from Sassuolo back to boyhood club Roma.
Speaking after Italy’s 3-1 European Under-21 Championship semifinal loss to Spain, the midfielder said that he was close to sealing a return to the Stadio Olimpico where he will meet up with former Sassuolo boss Eusebio Di Francesco.
“I will go now and sign for Roma in the hotel,” Pellegrini told reporters after the match.

Lorenzo Pellegrini, 21, has made 11 under-21 appearances for Italy and has one senior cap.
“I am returning to Roma in order to play my chances. I want to be a protagonist,…

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