Roma, Tiago Pinto gets to work on extensions: the situation

Roma's new director Tiago Pinto is ready to get to work during his first transfer window after his previous experience at Benfica. His initial focus is on handling some contract extensions for players who don't have much time left on their current deals.

Pinto is working on new deals for wingback Rick Karsdorp and midfielder midfielder Lorenzo Pellegrini whose contracts expires in 2022, but the main priority is Henrikh Mkhitaryan whose contract expires in June of this year.

Roma had already agreed to terms with him, but are waiting for his final approval before depositing his contract, the giallorossi are trying to avoid a situation like Mohamed Salah when he refused to have Fiorentina excercise his option to buy, which eventually led him to joining Roma.