Renato Sanches and Bonucci’s impact minimized by Roma

Roma is reportedly seeking to end Renato Sanches' loan from Paris Saint-Germain early to relieve the club of his high salary and avoid a mandatory purchase clause.

Renato Sanches And Bonnuci
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Reports are spreading rapidly indicating that Roma has requested Paris Saint-Germain to terminate the Renato Sanches loan deal prematurely. Simultaneously, there’s news of Leonardo Bonucci being excluded.

Over the past few days, hints surfaced about this approach, with the Portugal international dropping clues by removing any mention of Roma from his social media accounts. Notably, he changed his profile picture from one depicting himself in a Giallorossi jersey to a black circle.

If Renato Sanches’ loan is cut short, it would relieve Roma of his substantial salary for six months and prevent the risk of triggering their obligation to buy at season-end.

Additionally, multiple sources reported today that Roma has opted out of pursuing a loan deal for Bonucci from Union Berlin via Juventus. This decision is influenced by financial constraints under the Financial Fair Play regulations. The club needs to prioritize reinforcing the defence due to Chris Smalling’s injury and Evan Ndicka’s absence for the Africa Cup of Nations next month.

The release of Renato Sanches would allow Roma to allocate some of those funds towards securing a new centre-back.

Renato Sanches

Renato Júnior Luz Sanches

Forwarder, Midfielder

PortugalPortugal

Age: 27

176 cm

70 kg

Roma performance and stats

Roma

Manager: Daniele De Rossi
Rank 6th
Win 18
Draw 9
Loss 10
Goals 64-44
Diff 20
Rank 2nd
Win 4
Draw 1
Loss 1
Goals 12-4
Diff 8

Roma will play the next match in Coppa Italia against Cremonese on Wednesday 3rd of January in Roma. The prediction is Roma winning the match.​

Leonardo Bonucci

Leonardo Bonucci

Defender

ItalyItaly

Age: 37

189 cm

85 kg

Season 2023/2024
Played 8 30 Missed
Minutes 197 24.6 Avg
Goals 0 0.0 Avg
Assist 1 0.1 Avg
Attempt 1 0.1 Avg
Passes 156 19.578.8% AvgSucc
Yellow 1 0.1 Avg
Red 0 0.0 Avg

This season he played in total 7 times for 463 minutes for Bundesliga.

Leonardo Bonucci scored 1 goal for FC Union Berlin. He procured no assists. He received no yellow cards and no red cards.

His team is currently 15th in Bundesliga. In the last match FC Union Berlin won 2-0 against FC Köln.

FC Union Berlin performance and stats

FC Union Berlin

Manager: Marco Grote
Rank 16th
Win 8
Draw 6
Loss 19
Goals 31-57
Diff -26

FC Union Berlin is currently 15th in the Bundesliga with 13 points.

In the last 15 games, it has won 4 times, drawn once, and lost 10 times. In its last match, FC Union Berlin won 2-0 against FC Köln.​​

It has a negative goal difference after scoring 17 goals and conceding 31.​

FC Union Berlin will play the next match in Bundesliga against SC Freiburg on Saturday 18th of May in Berlin.​