Another important day at home Rome regarding the arrival of Artem Dovbyknew centre forward arrived from Girona on a permanent basis in front of the payment of over 30 million euros of fixed part that with the bonuses could touch 40 million overall. Roma, in the last few hours, announced the signing of the player.
The announcement of the Giallorossi
“AS Roma is delighted to welcome Artem Dovbyk to the Giallorossi family. The Ukrainian international – born in 1997 – is a physically strong centre forward who last season played for Girona, a club with which an agreement has been reached for his permanent transfer to the Giallorossi.”
The shirt and the choice of Roma
Inside the press release, it is specified how the last picks de La Liga will wear the number 11 shirt and not the 9 of Tammy Abraham as shown by his agent after the definition of the deal. Dovbyk himself explains the choice to Roma as follows: “I spoke with Dan and Ryan, it had never happened to me before to speak with a president during a transfer and this convinced me to come here. I want to thank their family”.
Why did you choose Roma?
“Because it’s one of the best clubs in Italy, a great project that I believe in a lot, I hope we can do something interesting next season.”