CHELSEA star Hakim Ziyech was eager to maneuver to Roma earlier than sealing his Stamford Bridge swap final summer time, it has been revealed.
Morocco team-mate Medhi Benatia claimed that the attacker 'would have run' to the Italian capital when a transfer was mentioned in 2019.
On the time, Ziyech was off the again of a shocking run to the Champions League semi-finals with an Ajax workforce being poached by Europe's largest golf equipment.
He ended up remaining in Amsterdam for an additional 12 months earlier than a £36.5million transfer to Chelsea.
The 28-year-old star made 62 appearances since signing for the West London aspect, discovering the 11 occasions.
Though issues may have labored out very completely different had then-Roma president James Pallotta agreed to fork out for the playmaker, based on Benatia.
The previous Roma defender, now with Al-Duhail, advised La Gazzetta dello Sport: “I had tried to get him to return to Roma, and he would have run to affix this membership.
“I spoke to Francesco Totti and Edin Dzeko, telling them that that is the person they need.
"As a director, Francesco did all the pieces he may to get the deal concluded, however Pallotta mentioned it might be ‘an extreme expense’ and nothing ever got here of it."
Membership legend Totti would famously stop the Stadio Olimpico later in the identical summer time, citing a scarcity of affect on transfers.
He famously complained upon leaving: "They knew of my want to supply rather a lot to this squad however they by no means needed it.
"They stored me out of all the pieces. It’s a day that I hoped by no means would have come."
Unpopular proprietor Pallotta ultimately bought as much as fellow American businessman Dan Friedkin final 12 months after nearly a decade accountable for Roma.
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