Mourinho had a unhappy New Year.
Jose Mourinho is not in a good mood on the first day of the 2024 new year, and Roma are now facing injury difficulties, but the slow action of winter transfer manager Pinto, coupled with three consecutive tough league games in the future, the team has reached a point where there is no room for error. Italy is pessimistic about the prospects of Roma, and on the German transfer market, none of the players in the list of Red Wolves have a probability of more than 30%, which means that in the next month's transfer window, Roma will fall into the usual foot-wrapping procrastination TV series.
Some fans have been extremely disappointed with Roma manager Pinto, not only because of his low amateurism in his selection eye, but especially because of his efficiency and work style that has been extremely long and cyclical every time. Italy** also pointed out that there are great shortcomings in the position of central defender and fullback in Rome, Ndicka will play in the Africa Cup of Nations in January has been a matter that has been set a long time ago, it stands to reason that as soon as the winter window opens, Rome quickly made a supplementary response plan, but unfortunately Pinto had to wait until the winter window opened to prepare in a hurry, and Bonucci, who was finally found, was not accepted by Roma fans, and plan B did not have time to prepare. Many voices reluctantly thought that perhaps, as in the past, Pinto would not sign a player until the last minute.
After Ndicka went to participate in the Africa Cup of Nations, Roma is now having a headache about who will form the center-back combination, defender Gianluca Mancini has endured groin pain for many consecutive games and insisted on playing, Mourinho can't stand it, the last game against Juventus Mancini has been unable to run at the last moment, Roma fans are beginning to worry that if Mancini continues to hold on, will it affect his future career. With new signings delayed, Chris Smalling refusing to play and Kumbula still unrecovering from the situation, Roma now have only one healthy centre-back, Llorente. Cristante's reflux to full-back was a solution, with Mourinho still trying to play at centre-back with Cerek, who was on the transfer list.
Another piece of news that caught Mourinho off guard was striker Azmoun being called up to the Asian Cup by the Iranian football team, and although Azmoun promised not to travel to the Asian Cup when he joined Roma in the summer, the reality is that he is still called up, and Roma will have one less option in the forward line for the next month. The knock-on effect of this is that Roma may keep Belotti who was supposed to move as well, after all, England striker Tammy Abraham will also return in February. Mourinho is really helpless now, and in the absence of support in the transfer market, the madman has once again had to try to save himself.
In summary, Roma manager Pinto's procrastination is having a huge ripple effect on Jose Mourinho's side, unable to bring in a qualified centre-back replacement in time, and Celik or Spinazzola who were supposed to leave could stay. It can be said that in terms of transfer in and out, Rome has been pressed the pause button at the same time. If Smalling and Sanchez are not properly dealt with by then, the winter window will be a huge failure for Roma.