Below is the video from ‘Vocegiallorossa.it’ of Mario Hermoso’s arrival in the Capitaldefender landed shortly after 2:00 p.m. in Fiumicino. The Spanish defender, released after five years at Atletico Madrid, will sign with Roma after undergoing a medical.
Making room for him in Daniele De Rossi’s squad will be the English centre-back Chris Smalling. The former Manchester United defender has reached an agreement with Saudi Arabia’s top-flight club Al-Fayha FC and will undergo fitness tests for his new club on Monday before flying to Saudi Arabia. A two-year contract is in place for Smalling.
Meanwhile, Daniele De Rossi expressed himself in the following way yesterday in a press conference on Roma’s transfer market: “I think the market went in the direction I wanted, I was supported by the club. For me we had a paradoxically better market than Inter – assured De Rossi -, but Inter are stronger than us, they start from a higher level and they have to bring in 2-3 players”.
Then in another passage: “In a couple of markets we could get to the point of doing business like Inter, adding 2-3 pieces to a team that is already doing well. Last night the Nerazzurri scared everyone a bit, but in my opinion, within a few years, working like this market, Roma have no problem thinking about fighting for the Scudetto. The direction taken is the right one and doing business will be easier and easier because instead of 7-8 players maybe on loan there are few to change”.