Lorenzo Pellegrini will rejoin Roma today.
After a long and unusual wait of over a month, the number 7 will return to Trigoria today for at least a year.
A medical appointment was scheduled for this morning at the Campus Biomedico, followed by the signing and official confirmation of the contract renewal, strongly supported by Gasperini, in the afternoon.
It’s clear that if it were up to the owners, Pellegrini’s contract would not have been renewed.
The club’s resistance has led to a prolonged stalemate, with even the final details of the new contract being tweaked.
Just one year, out of the two-year plus option originally negotiated. Pellegrini has agreed to the same deal as Dybala: a one-year contract worth €2.5 million, a fixed base, with various performance-related bonuses.
Like the Argentine, Pellegrini will essentially be playing for a second term. Currently lacking a starting left winger, he’s the only right-footed player in the squad who can play on the front line, where Gasperini has been demanding a starter for over a year.
