Roma failed to sign Henrique due to bureaucratic issues with Russia | OneFootball

Roma tried until the very end. The goal was always the same: to give Gasperini the left winger he so desperately sought.

D’Amico had three names on the table: Leweling, Luiz Henrique, and Gittens in the background. It seemed a done deal for the German. Roma had even sent a flight to Stuttgart to bring him to the capital. Then the deal stalled.

The flight was canceled, and the deal fell through. At that point, with just hours to go before the transfer window closed, Roma found themselves without their final signing.

But D’Amico tried to reopen the Luiz Henrique trail.

The Brazilian had been hotly anticipated all day. However, the process had become complicated. The problem was timing, especially the paperwork with Russia.

Roma—as La Gazzetta dello Sport reports—had to complete all the necessary steps with Zenit in just a few hours. A difficult operation to complete in such a short time. So Luiz Henrique also remained at Zenit.

Roma tried until the end, but time wasn’t on their side. And the winger Gasperini had so desperately wanted never arrived.