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AS Roma is interested in the services of Lorenzo Lucca, it is reported Gazzetta dello Sport Thursday. The Italians are preparing for a return of Romelu Lukaku to his employer Chelsea, and in the search for his successor they have ended up with the former Ajax player.
In Rome, Lukaku is expected to return to Stamford Bridge after this season. This season the strong Belgian was hired from Chelsea. That is why the club is now looking around for a possible successor to Lukaku, with Lucca high on the list i Giallorossi.
The Italian striker is currently under contract with Pisa, which plays in Serie B, but is rented out to Udinese, which is currently fourteenth in Serie A. There he is now assured of a starting place and has already scored 7 goals and 3 assists in 29 matches.
Lucca is having an excellent season at Udinese and that has not gone unnoticed. The 23-year-old attacker was even included in the 28-man squad for the first time during the international break by national coach Luciano Spalletti. Gli Azzurri. However, a thigh injury threw a spanner in the works of a possible debut.
This also makes it difficult for Lucca to fight for Italy's European Championship selection, as his fellow strikers were able to show themselves to the national coach in the international matches against Venezuela and Ecuador. Mateo Retegui, one of the competitors for a spot in Spalletti's selection, scored twice against Venezuela.
At AS Roma, Lucca could compete with Tammy Abraham next season, who also hopes for more playing time. Another possibility is that the two will form a striker duo together, as Paulo Dybala is also out of contract in Rome this summer and an extra place seems to become available in the vanguard of Daniele de Rossi's team.
Lucca spent last season on loan at the Johan Cruijff ArenA, but was unable to make much of a difference there. In fourteen appearances in the main squad, the tall striker managed to find the net twice.
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