Breaking: AS Roma closing in on €20m Spurs and Leicester target
The giallorossi, however, are leading the race to sign former Cesena star who is on the verge of joining the Serie A giants for about € 20 million plus add-ons.
If Sassuolo manage to sell Defrel for that fee, they would register the biggest sale in the club’s history.
Defrel, 26, can either play as attacking winger or centre forward and AS Roma are currently looking at both profiles.
The Serie A giants, in fact, need to sign a replacement for Mohammed Salah, whilst Eusebio Di Francesco has also asked the club to sign a back-up for Edin Dzeko.
He has 23 goals in 73 appearances in his two-year spell at Sassuolo and Sky Sport reports the two are close to agreeing the player’s transfer fee. Defrel’s Roma move could be just a matter of time.