As of today, Roma’s offensive arsenal is officially stronger with an additional weapon. Andrea Belotti signed a three-year contract with the club from the Italian capital worth 3 million euros net per season. The Italian representative came as a free agent after the expiration of his contract with Turin. He will wear the number 11 jersey. Belotti was once considered one of the most talented strikers in Europe. In the summer of 2017, Torino turned down a whopping 60 million for him from Arsenal. Then Milan was ready to pay big money for Belotti.🆕 𝗪𝗘𝗟𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗘 | Andrea Belotti 🐺🇮🇹The club is delighted to be able to confirm the signing of the Italy international forward.We are also proud to continue raising awareness about open missing children cases around the globe. ❤️ #ASRoma | @ICMEC_official pic.twitter.com/d1FCMY3HOW— AS Roma English (@ASRomaEN) August 28, 2022 However, Torino’s owner Urbano Cairo discouraged all potential buyers with a request of up to 100 million euros. He believed that the Belotti was actually the club’s ‘golden bar’ and that he would earn a lot of money. What a mistake he made. It turned out to be Belotti’s zenith. Injury problems, Torino’s bad seasons followed and his value dropped. He eventually left Turin as a free agent…Belotti comes to Roma to increase the competition with Tammy Abraham, and maybe even to push him out of the starting line-up. Mourinho was very unhappy with the English forward’s performance against Juventus, even thou he scored an early goal.”I saw Abraham’s interview after the match… He thinks he played a great match and actually he was terrible” said the Portuguese.Abraham saves pale Roma and pushes Giallorossi to a draw at JuveAnother centre-forward was absolutely necessary for Roma as the Englishman was obviously too relaxed without competition. The only alternative to him was the young Felix Afena Gyan, who was not yet matured for such pressure and was sold to Cremonese. Belotti is a sound reinforcement for Roma this summer. Before him, Nemanja Matić, Paulo Dybala and Mile Svilar came as free players, Georginio Wijnaldum was loaned from Paris Saint-Germain, and Zeki Celik was bought from Lille for 7 million euros. But that’s not all, because the arrival of Guyanese midfielder Mady Camara from Olympiakos is also expected, who will be an urgent replacement for the injured Wijnaldum. Roma will pay 1.5 million euros for the loan, plus they will have an option to purchase for 12 million.##NAJAVA_MECA_6597880##
