The agent of Catania’s Peruvian star Juan Manuel Vargas believes that he deserves a chance at Roma.
The versatile winger impressed last term after arriving from Argentine outfit Colón and the Sicilians reportedly refused a £3m bid from Roma before the start of this season.
Catania’s sporting director Pietro Lo Monaco has now accepted that Vargas will leave and has given the capital club first refusal – an offer which they are expected to take full advantage of.
“Vargas is ready now to play for a big team,” agent Carlos Alberto Delgado told Romanews.eu.
“He has spent two years at Catania and now he wants to test himself at a prestigious club like Roma. He will certainly leave Sicily in June.
“He doesn’t necessarily need to always be a starter because there aren’t first-choice players and reserves at big clubs – there are three or four players competing for a place and it’s not easy to be picked all the time.
“I can’t say that if I have had contact with Roma because I had to know Catania’s plans first. I don’t want to show a lack of respect to the Elefanti.”
Vargas is expected to fetch at least £4m, but a part-exchange deal may appeal to Catania, although nothing can be decided until they know whether they will be competing in Serie A or B next term.
