AS Roma are reportedly wanting to signal Tremendous Eagles goalkeeper Maduka Okoye from fellow Italian Serie A membership Udinese when the summer time switch window opens.
Okoye joined Udinese from Watford completely final summer time and regardless of it taking him a number of months to get enjoying time, the Nigerian is now an everyday starter in Italy.
The 24-year-old has additionally performed fairly properly in Udinese colours to date this season, having stored three clear sheets in eight appearances in all competitions for the membership.
His encouraging performances for the Little Zebras have now sparked curiosity from Roma, who need him to exchange the outgoing Rui Patricio, in accordance with a report from romapress.web.
“AS Roma have added Udinese's Maduka Okoye to the record of potential replacements for Rui Patricio. Roma will half methods with Patricio on the finish of the season,” the report mentioned.
“The Portuguese goalkeeper's decline in kind over the previous 12 months and a half has prompted the Giallorossi to search for a long-term substitute this coming summer time, with Lecce's Wladimiro Falcone nonetheless the primary candidate for the job.
“Nevertheless, Leggo studies that Roma have additionally added Udinese stopper Okoye to their record of potential switch targets for subsequent season, along with Falcone.”
Okoye, in the meantime, had one other nice efficiency in aim for Udinese, who traveled to the Allianz Stadium and defeated Juventus 1-0 in a Serie A match on Monday.
The previous Tremendous Eagles primary goalkeeper was in impressed kind as he made six saves and had two extra possibilities to assist Udinese beat Juve for the primary time since 2015.
