Juan Jesus could leave Roma in January. Calciomercato.com reports that Claudio Ranieri wants to bring the Brazilian to Genova and join him at Sampdoria. The ex-Inter man is not in the plans of Paulo Fonseca and is on the fringes of the team. One difficulty that the operation presents: the defender’s wages. Juan Jesus earns €2.2 million net per season – a difficult amount for Samp to cover. Nonetheless, Roma sporting director Gianluca Petrachi would like to cash in on the player as Samp could potentially even bring the player on loan.

John Solano The Editor of RomaPress, John has been covering Italian football as a freelance journalist for over 10 years and has appeared in various publications including ASRoma.com, ESPN, The Liverpool Echo, and more.