Evan Ferguson is about to turn out to be the newest Premier League striker to try to resurrect his profession in Italy.
talkSPORT understands that Brighton are in talks with AS Roma over a mortgage transfer for the Irishman.
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It stays to be seen whether or not a purchase choice could be included in any deal, with Ferguson nonetheless a possible elite degree goalscorer.
But final season dampened hopes over his potential as he managed only one purpose in 15 video games throughout an injury-hit marketing campaign as Joao Pedro and Danny Welbeck blocked his path into the crew.
In truth, so unneeded was Ferguson that he was loaned to West Ham within the winter switch window.
Issues didn’t get any higher in east London, with the 20-year-old not discovering the web in eight appearances.
His underwhelming 2024/25 season seems to haven’t deterred Roma, with hope nonetheless excessive he can recapture his early Brighton kind.
Ferguson moved to the AmEx in 2021 from Bohemians aged simply 16 and later that 12 months made his first crew debut after turning 17.
Breaking via the next marketing campaign, it appeared that Brighton’s famend scouts had once more struck gold with Ferguson scoring ten occasions.
A hat-trick in opposition to Newcastle in September that 12 months noticed hype across the teenager attain fever pitch, and the membership managed to get him to signal a brand new five-year deal.
Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur had been linked with large cash strikes and so spectacular was Ferguson that Spurs had been quoted a mammoth £115million for his companies.
Chelsea then added him to their listing of summer season switch targets, however a transfer by no means materialised earlier than his valuation took a dive.
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That drop off coincided with the departure of Roberto De Zerbi, and his alternative Fabian Hurzeler was quickly confronted with questions on Ferguson’s lack of minutes.
A mortgage transfer to West Ham was then confirmed, with Hurzeler commenting: “Evan has had a irritating 12 months with accidents.
“And for him to get again to the extent he is able to and to proceed his improvement, he actually must be taking part in commonly.
“This mortgage offers him that chance, and beneath a supervisor he is aware of nicely [Graham Potter].
“We’re wanting ahead to watching Evan’s progress over the subsequent few months, and we want him nicely.”
Roma have had success with numerous Premier League strikers searching for minutes in recent times, together with Romelu Lukaku and Tammy Abraham.
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There’s now much more motive for a participant seeking to rediscover kind to move to the Italian capital, with Gian Piero Gasperini their new supervisor and famed for creating not solely kids, however strikers too.
