Roma Weigh Free-Agent Market for Left Flank Options

Atalanta are looming on the fixture list, but at Trigoria the squad sheet isn’t closed yet. Roma’s attention keeps drifting back to the one gap that survived the summer: help on the left flank.

The transfer window shut without delivering the left-sided player Gian Piero Gasperini had requested. So the club have turned to the only remaining battlefield — the free-agent market — with a clear strategy: move only for a profile that genuinely fits the coach’s demands, not just a body to fill a space.

According to Gazzetta dello Sport, one name sits high on that shortlist: Wilfried Zaha. The Ivorian came close to joining Roma in 2023 and is now without a club after his most recent spell, making him available on a free. His ability to operate wide and attack defenders one-on-one keeps him firmly in the conversation.

Krépin Diatta is also under consideration. The Senegalese winger, last seen at Monaco, is another free agent and offers pace and versatility across the flank, a trait that could appeal in a system that asks a lot of its wide players.

Then there is Raphael Guerreiro. At 32, the Portuguese brings experience and tactical intelligence, having spent last season at Bayern Munich. Naturally left-sided and comfortable both as full-back and wing-back, he would be a more classic solution for the role Roma have been trying to cover since the window closed.

For now, the club wait, watching the free-agent pool and weighing risk against opportunity. The league schedule won’t slow down for them — which makes the next decision on that left flank feel even more decisive.