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Kerim Alajbegovic to Roma

Quiet since 11 June 2026. Last report: Alan Myers. Probability when it went quiet: 10%.

Roma are in active contacts to sign Kerim Alajbegovic, the 18-year-old Bosnia and Herzegovina attacker, from Salzburg. The pursuit has the approval of Roma's manager, but there is no agreement and no advanced deal in place. This is an early-stage chase, complicated by competition from unnamed Premier League clubs and Leverkusen, and by the fact that Alajbegovic is tied to Salzburg until 2029, substantial retention leverage. A fee of between £22.4m and £31.7m is being discussed against a market value of around £19m. The reporting is solid. Gianluca Di Marzio and Sky Sport Italia, both benchmark voices on Italian transfers, describe fresh contacts and an active back-and-forth, while stressing no agreement yet. Alan Myers adds corroboration on the Premier League interest. The strands line up across reliable sources, so the interest is real, but every report is careful to say talks are at the contact stage, not the finish line. The reading means this is genuinely in the balance: a coin-flip leaning slightly against. For it to complete, Roma must move from contacts to a firm bid and beat off richer rivals, then agree a fee with a selling club under no pressure. The long contract and the competing suitors are what hold the number below the halfway mark. For context, Roma have spent at this level before: Juventus to Roma, £25m in 2019, and Juventus to Roma, £24m in 2024. The fee under discussion sits squarely in keeping with how Roma do business. Watch for Roma to firm contacts into an actual bid, and for any Premier League club or Leverkusen to make a decisive move first.

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