Chelsea outcast Mohamed Salah joins Roma on a season-long loan

Neither Chelsea nor Roma have specified whether that purchase option becomes mandatory in the summer (as previous rumors suggested), or if Salah would return to Stamford Bridge should Roma choose not the exercise the buy.

Roma’s new number 11 conveyed his happiness upon finally sealing the switch to Rome.

It’s been 99% the player and his agent making this happen.

The 23-year-old winger wasted no time on setting his goals for this season.

“Everyone here is ambitious and eager to win the title”.

Salah will wear the #11 shirt, which means he has to live up to the legacy of fan favorite Rodrigo Taddei, though at that price tag, we’ll hope for more offensive output. “Everybody will give their best to make the fans happy”.

Salah also spoke to Roma TV, the club’s official television station. I am reasonably certain that if Salah plays in Florence when Roma roll into town, the whistles will be absolutely deafening, and it is hard to argue that he hasn’t earned them.

He has been training with the Italians this week despite a deal having yet to be agreed by the clubs. Seydou Doumbia, Gervinho, and Leandro Castán do not hold EU passports, and with reports that Edin Džeko is one of the capital club’s targets, one or more of the aforementioned three players will be leaving.