Roma Make Baptista Bid
Roma have made a €15m bid for Julio Baptista and hope to be able to conclude a deal over the next few days after arranging talks with Real Madrid.
Negotiations between the Giallorossi and the Brazilian player's agent have been ongoing over the past few weeks with the permission of los Merengues, according to Sport.
The outline of a deal has now been reached and Roma have lodged their offer with Madrid and are now hopeful of being given the green light to push through the transfer.
It is believed that the Spanish champions are hoping to receive around €20m for Baptista, but could reach a compromise with pre-season training due to being later this month.
Coach Bernd Schuster has asked the board to have all transfer activity completed by the time he takes his squad on their preparation trip to Irdning in Austria.
While Roma may not be able to meet the normal rules of payment that apply, they will be able to give Madrid guarantees and could even include incentives to ease the deal forward.
Madrid have been keen to off-load Baptista all season, despite him making an impression during the campaign when he was unexpectedly given an extended run in the team.
Last summer, Arsenal were told that they could make his loan move permanent, but neither the Gunners nor the player wanted a deal to be done.
The outline of a deal has now been reached and Roma have lodged their offer with Madrid and are now hopeful of being given the green light to push through the transfer.
It is believed that the Spanish champions are hoping to receive around €20m for Baptista, but could reach a compromise with pre-season training due to being later this month.
Coach Bernd Schuster has asked the board to have all transfer activity completed by the time he takes his squad on their preparation trip to Irdning in Austria.
While Roma may not be able to meet the normal rules of payment that apply, they will be able to give Madrid guarantees and could even include incentives to ease the deal forward.
Madrid have been keen to off-load Baptista all season, despite him making an impression during the campaign when he was unexpectedly given an extended run in the team.
Last summer, Arsenal were told that they could make his loan move permanent, but neither the Gunners nor the player wanted a deal to be done.