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Petrachi: 'Hope to buy in January'

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Petrachi: 'Hope to buy in January'

Roma’s director of sport Gianluca Petrachi says the club hope to sign someone in the January transfer window, and that “we haven’t seen the real Nikola Kalinic.”

The Giallorossi’s hunt for a Champions League spot took a knock with last week’s surprise 2-0 home defeat to Torino.

“You have to get into the subconscious of every player, as the club and coach have to constantly keep close to the players and talk to them, because dropping points against clubs below Roma will prove costly in the end,” the director of sport told Sky Sport Italia.

“Having said that, you can’t buy experience, while even our coach is starting to realise how difficult Serie A is when taking on the teams lower down the standings.”

Roma’s players have been linked to the exit in January, including Nikola Kalinic and Cengiz Under.

“There is a lot of pressure at Roma and players get scrapped without a chance. Nikola Kalinic did not arrive in great shape, then fractured his leg, so I think we haven’t yet seen the real Kalinic. We will soon.

“We are missing a midfielder at the moment, because Pellegrini was originally brought in as a midfielder, but with the change of system now is a trequartista.

“Bryan Cristante has also been injured for a while, so it’s possible we will bring in a young player who can after working with him for a few months become the midfielder of the future. It’s not easy, as he is at another club right now, but we’ve been watching him for a while.

“I do have someone in mind, but I won’t name names, or the price will shoot up!”

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