Torino sporting director Petrachi has confirmed that negotiations with Roma over 19-year-old Torino midfielder Alessio Cacciamani have stalled, with the granata insisting any offer must be genuinely significant before the club moves. The talks, for now, have not progressed to a level that satisfies Torino's valuation — though Petrachi has not closed the door entirely.
The tension here is structural. Torino finished the 2025-26 Serie A season 12th, collecting 45 points from 38 matches — a record of 12 wins, 9 draws, and 17 defeats, with 44 goals scored against 63 conceded. A club with that kind of defensive exposure and a negative goal difference does not negotiate from strength. Petrachi knows the balance sheet demands a sale; the challenge is extracting a fee that reflects the player's trajectory rather than the club's urgency.
Cacciamani's numbers across 39 appearances — 2 goals, 2 assists, an average rating of 6.18 — do not, on their face, scream marquee transfer. But context matters. He is 19, born in June 2007, and has accumulated a full season of top-flight minutes at an age when most midfielders are still navigating the gap between youth football and senior competition. The volume of appearances alone signals that Leonardo Colucci's Torino trusted him with real responsibility, not cameo roles.
The Roma link is the most concrete piece of market intelligence available, and its current dormancy does not mean it has expired. A club of Roma's standing exploring a teenager from a mid-table side suggests the scouting report is positive. The sticking point is price, not profile. Petrachi's public position — that the offer must be truly important — is a negotiating posture as much as a statement of principle, and it leaves room for the conversation to resume.
Torino's summer has other moving parts. The reported pursuit of Leeds United goalkeeper Lucas Perri, potentially worth around €15 million, signals that the club is trying to address the defensive fragility that defined their 2025-26 campaign. Selling Cacciamani at the right figure would fund that kind of reinforcement without compromising the squad's competitive core.
The calculation for Cacciamani himself is different. Another season at Torino under Colucci would mean more minutes, more experience, and a stronger negotiating position in twelve months. A move to Roma now would mean stepping into a larger environment with less guaranteed playing time. Neither path is obviously superior — which is precisely why Torino can afford to wait for the number that makes the decision straightforward.
Petrachi has drawn the line. The next move belongs to Roma.