As well as for Torino 27-year-old Alessio Cerci, also AS Roma same-aged defender Mehdi Benatia is facing some identity-theft problems: on a fake profile, in fact, some declarations of the Morocco international -saying that he is about to move to Bayern Munich- have appeared; the former Udinese player himself has turnes out all the rumors, but a transfer to the German club (whose chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has been quite elusive about a possible negotiation) remains a concrete option, even if, according to Sky Sport 24, the player is also evaluating to extend his deal with the giallorossi; this latter, in any case, keep on evaluating other options, like River Plate 21-year-old Eder Balanta: according to gianlucadimarzio.com- the Roman club could cooperate with Sampdoria in the hunt for the Colombia international; on the other hand -as reported by the Corriere dello Sport, Roma are also thinking about Manchester City 26-year-old right back Micah Richards. The giallorossi are also tracking some young talents, and, as outlined by calciomercato.com, their Sports Director Walter Sabatini is observing the situation of NK Osijek 20-year-old midfielder Karlo Lulic. As reported earlier, Inter Milan are trying to take advantage of the difficult situation of Benfica to swoop on 27-year-old winger Nicolas Gaitan, but, according to A Bola, the Argentina international could finally extend his deal with the Portuguese club, while, as reported by gianlucadimarzio.com, the player wants to join Monaco.
