Roma Line Up Their First Two January Acquisitions

Roma are on the verge of signing Devyne Resch from Ajax and will also change their backup goalie, as Mathew Ryan is set to leave to play more. The Giallorossi have lined up Pierluigi Gollini to succeed him. They have reached an agreement with Ajax, Corriere dello Sport relays.

The Giallorossi are putting the finishing touches on a €5M acquisition plus €1M add-ons. The Dutch team wanted to identify a replacement first. It should be Panathinaikos’ Georgios Vagiannidis, who had a cup of coffee with Inter in the past.

In any case, Roma are making preparations for the imminent arrival of Rensch. He’ll ink a contract until 2029 and will earn €1.2M annually. Ryan is in advanced talks to join Lens, although there has been a hiccup with his medicals. The capital club will cash in €800k after onboarding him gratis last summer. He has played just once in Coppa Italia this campaign.

The Giallorossi will quickly move to sign Gollini once the departure of their deputy goalie is finalized. The newcomer should come in on a permanent deal from Atalanta for about €1M. He opened the season as the starter at Genoa but lost the job as he missed time due to a cyst on his hip and because of Nicola Leali’s impeccable performances in relief.

While Roma are on the verge of adding Rensch and Gollini, they haven’t forgotten about Davide Frattesi. However, they’ll have to wait until the final days of the window, as Simone Inzaghi won’t greenlight his departure before the last two Champions League tilts. The two sides have also discussed Marko Arnautovic, whom the Giallorossi could target to back up Artem Dovbyk should Eldor Shomurodov depart.