Saelemaekers wants to stay at Roma

Yahoo

28-02-2025

After years of waiting, Roma seems to have finally found two high-level wingers with Angeliño and Alexis Saelemaekers, capable of guaranteeing quality, pace and reliability on both flanks.
To find such an impactful pair, we have to go back to 2014, when the team had Maicon and Lucas Digne.
Ranieri can say he is satisfied with the contribution of both, but it is above all Saelemaekers who has surprised with his immediate impact.
Arriving in the final days of the summer transfer window, the Belgian initially played little: only 60 minutes against Juventus and 50 with Genoa, in the match that marked De Rossi's farewell to the Giallorossi bench.
However, after overcoming physical problems and an initial period of adaptation, the former Milan winger took control of the right flank, where Roma had never found a true master between Celik, Abdulhamid and El Shaarawy.
The numbers speak for themselves: 5 goals and 3 assists in 11 league games, plus another assist in the Coppa Italia. A growth that has pushed Roma to start contacts with Milan to discuss his future. Saelemaekers arrived on loan, so a real negotiation will be necessary to keep him.
For his part, the player has already made it known that he is happy in the capital: he has found an ideal environment, modern training facilities and a united group that he considers like a family, writes Corriere dello Sport.
His priority is to continue wearing the Giallorossi shirt and Roma is determined to keep a player who has proven to be decisive.