Roma are desperate to sell Robin Olsen and would accept a cut-price fee of £6.5 million for the Celtic target, according to Il Romanista.
In truth, the 36-time Sweden international was probably handed a mission that even Tom Cruise would deem a little too tricky when he swapped Copenhagen for the Stadio Olimpico in 2018.
Replacing Alisson Becker, arguably the finest goalkeeper on planet earth, would be a challenge for anyone – let alone a former PAOK and Malmo shot-stopper who was completely unproven in one of the Europe’s major leagues.
And once the mistakes started flowing, Olsen quickly found out how those poor prisoners must have felt when tossed into the lions in front of a bloodthirsty Colisseum crowd.
Sent out on loan to Cagliari after an error-strewn debut season in Rome, the 30-year-old has not represented the capital city club since a 4-1 thrashing at home by Napoli in March 2019.
Now stuck firmly behind the excellent Pau Lopez in the Roma pecking order, reports from Italy claim that the side now coached by Paulo Fonseca are desperately trying to find a club willing to take Olsen off their hands.
And it seems that Roma’s prayers have been answered.
The Scotsman claims that Celtic have been watching Olsen closely during his time at Cagliari, with Neil Lennon of the opinion that the two-time Danish league champion could be the man to replace Fraser Forster at Parkhead.
Roma are willing to sell for £6.5 million; almost half the £11 million fee they paid for him two years ago.
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