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It was quite a special summer for Mats Hummels. For the first time in his career there was no Borussia Dortmund as an option for the following season, because even when he signed with Bayern Munich the relations were decidedly close. Yet the defender himself had no intention of returning to Bavaria after the first few years, but the “panta rei” also leads to situations that you probably would have closed in your head some time before. Net of the dismissal of his father Hermann by Bayern precisely because Hummels didn’t want to return, but that’s another matter.
Here, one of the best thirty players of last season was a free agent. Champions League finalist, but also protagonist with the Germany shirt in the summer, deciding to refuse many opportunities from interesting clubs. Like Real Sociedad, who seemed one step away from buying him, or Bologna who play in the Champions League. In the Bundesliga, Stuttgart had asked for information, but the idea was to change and try a new experience. Roma fell on him like a tailored suit, at least in his ideas: Hummels was never deployed by Juric as a starter who probably would have also preferred Primavera players. Now with Claudio Ranieri he can have new hope.
Name: Mats Hummels
Age: 36
Society: Rome
Expiration: 2025
Engagement: 3 million euros
Operation cost: 0 million.