It seemed the perfect coup, now it risks being a silent farewell. From Spain a chance for Dovbyk and for a Roma side that wants to start again without regrets
Roma, ti soffiano Dovbyk: ecco l’offerta per compensare le perdite (AnsaFoto) – serieanews.com
Some choices, at some point, look you straight in the eye. And Roma, today, has arrived exactly there: faced with a decision that no one had counted on a few months ago, when the arrival of a cover bomber was celebrated and welcomed as a half-hearted market coup.
It has never been easy to adjust in Trigoria, and for Artem Dovbyk, things immediately went uphill. Not so much for numbers, which while not crack, but for that feeling of an understanding that never really blossomed. At times promising, much more often elusive. And the San Siro challenge, where they all performed great and he a little less so, is precisely the emblem of his season.
When you invest 30.5 million euros plus bonuses on a striker, it is normal that expectations skyrocket.
Roma had believed in him, and how. It had seen in Dovbyk the perfect finisher to ignite an offensive department that, too often, had dragged rather than flown.
Instead, the season has told a different story. A story of alternating goals, of often opaque performances, of those gray report cards that almost hurt to read. Not a failure, mind you. But neither is it the kind of impact that makes you cry out for a miracle.
Now the club is at a crossroads. Hold on, hoping that the second year will be the good one, or find a solution that avoids blowing such an important investment.
Roma, Dovbyk in uscita? Dalla Liga un assist inatteso
Extending a hand to Roma could be the very Spain that had launched Dovbyk into the bigs. Those with good memories, in fact, will recall that the Ukrainian striker had been top scorer in La Liga with Girona, leaving a memory that evidently has not faded.
Roma, Dovbyk in uscita? Dalla Liga un assist inatteso (AnsaFoto) – serieanews.com
According to information filtering in, it is precisely from the Iberian Peninsula that the idea of bringing him back “home,” where he won the Pichichi title a year ago with 24 goals, is maturing. Girona, in particular, would be thinking of taking back its old jewel. But that would not be the only track: other La Liga teams, which had made timid attempts 12 months ago, could also get back in the running.
Roma’s demand? Clear and uncompromising: at least 30 million euros. Below that amount he will not even sit at the table. This is not only a matter of principle, but also of budget: losing out on Dovbyk now would be too painful a wound to heal.
But also for another reason: maybe Roma still believes in Dovbyk and knows that in a different season, with a team that enhances his characteristics, he could really do what he was bought for. So rather than selling him off it might make sense to give him another chance and see what happens.
That is why, if someone really arrives with the right offer, Roma will be ready to move on. If not, it will be time to roll up our sleeves and start again, perhaps looking for a system of play more suited to enhance him, rather than abandon him to his fate.
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