Overview
- Roma are assessing 25-year-old Morato from Nottingham Forest as a likely loan option to cover a defensive vacancy.
- Jan Ziolkowski is reported close to a loan move to Monza with an option to buy but Roma will not clear his departure until a replacement is signed.
- Sources say Nottingham Forest signed Morato from Benfica in 2024 and he has struggled for regular minutes at the City Ground, making a loan move plausible for all parties.
- Gian Piero Gasperini’s current senior centre-back choices include Gianluca Mancini, Evan N’Dicka, Mario Hermoso and Konstantinos Koulierakis, which shapes Roma’s short-term recruitment needs.
- The two moves are linked and time-sensitive with only days left in the window, so completion of a Morato loan is the key condition for Ziolkowski’s exit and for stabilising Roma’s defensive depth.