AS Roma is nearing a deal to signal Ainsley Maitland-Niles from Arsenal on mortgage, in keeping with reports. The transaction could coincide with the midfielder having fallen down the pecking order at Arsenal.
Roma manager Jose Mourinho sees Maitland-Niles as a player who can play everywhere in the midfield, providing Roma a much-wanted reinforcement amid the manager's lawsuits approximately squad intensity.
The Giallorossi have four players with over 2,000 minutes already logged this season, plus some other 8 with over 1,000 mins played. That's accompanied by a stark dropoff, with few different players outside the ones 12 contributing meaningful sport action for the club.
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The 24-12 months-antique Maitland-Niles made his Arsenal debut throughout the 2014-15 season, however actually broke out two seasons later with 28 appearances in the course of the 2017-18 campaign. He made eighty three appearances over the following three seasons, incomes five England caps in 2020 after becoming an Arsenal ordinary underneath Unai Emery.
Recently, however, Maitland-Niles has fallen down the pecking order a bit beneath Mikel Arteta's reign. He has featured simply eleven instances this marketing campaign, with a mere 472 total mins performed and most effective four begins, including in league play. Maitland-Niles is averaging simply 52.Five mins according to appearance under Arteta, compared to the 71 minutes per look he averaged underneath Emery.
Should Maitland-Niles have his pass finalized, he would end up the modern English participant to head to Italy on the lookout for extra ordinary soccer.
He might be a part of Chris Smalling and Tammy Abraham at Roma, with Smalling signing for Roma from Manchester United in October of 2020, and Abraham following from Chelsea this summer time to rejoin Mourinho.
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