Roma eyeing Udinese's Lucca and Lecce's Krstovic
Roma eyeing Udinese's Lucca and Lecce's Krstovic
Roma are preparing to further boost their squad in the summer.
The capital club are said to have already started looking for attacking reinforcements ahead of next season.
According to Calciomercato.com, there are several names that could replace or act as alternatives to Dovbyk and some are already present in Serie A.
The names Roma have added to their summer shortlist are Lecce's Nikola Krstovic and Udinese striker Andrea Lucca.
At the moment, the most likely names appear to be them, regardless of what the strategies will be but above all who will be the new coach who will take Ranieri's place in June.
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