Evan Ferguson 'could stay forever' as he settles into Roman holiday
The Irish striker joined Italian giants Roma from Brighton and Hove Albion on loan this summer and has already made a huge impact in preseason scoring a number of goals to endear himself to the Roman faithful.
After a frustrating couple of seasons, the youngster, who doesn't turn 21 until October, is looking to get his career back up and running, and after a few short weeks in Italy, he is considering extending his stay beyond the season.
'We're just getting started, we never know what might happen in the future. Now I'm just thinking about doing well here, maybe I could even stay here forever,' Ferguson told Italian media.
After bursting onto the scene with Brighton in 2023, Ferguson has seen his stock fall. Goals have been hard to come by, with the 2024/2025 season proving to be particularly difficult for the Bettystown native as he completely fell out of favour with the Seagulls before making no impact while on loan at West Ham under former manager Graham Potter.
'It was a tough year. For the first six months I had to deal with an ankle injury, then I decided to go to West Ham. It didn't go the way I wanted, but now I feel very good physically.'
With those issues behind him, Ferguson is looking forward to getting back to what he does best, and he has already set himself a lofty goal for the campaign ahead.
'How many goals would I like to score? I don't usually think about an exact number of goals. I definitely want to score in every game, even though I know it's not easy. Twenty goals? Let's hope so…'
With six goals scored during preseason, Ferguson will be hoping his goalscoring touch remains sharp when Roma get their Serie A campaign underway at home to Bologna on August 23rd.
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