Roma manager Paulo Fonseca maintains that he wants to sign Henrikh Mkhitaryan on a permanent basis from Arsenal this summer.
The Armenian headed to the Italian capital on a season-long loan deal from the Gunners in the summer. Mkhitaryan struggled to make the grade at Arsenal, or Manchester United before that, but has proved to be a hit at the Stadio Olympico.
He has bagged six goals in 20 games as Roma chase a spot in next season's Champions League. And Fonseca told that he wants to keep the 31-year-old in Rome. “I want him to stay and he also wants to stay,” claims Fonseca. “However, it should be clear that everything is now on hiatus, and we’ll have to talk to Arsenal. “I want to continue working with him because he’s a great
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