Torino sporting director Petrachi has held his ground on Alessio Cacciamani, the granata's 19-year-old midfielder, insisting that any offer must be genuinely significant before the club considers moving him — while acknowledging that Torino's balance sheet makes a sale necessary at the right figure. Roma's interest has not produced a concrete bid capable of meeting that threshold, and the negotiation remains stalled.
The tension in that position is real. Torino finished 2025-26 in 12th place on 45 points, a record of 12 wins, 9 draws, and 17 defeats across 38 Serie A matches, with 44 goals scored and 63 conceded. That is a club operating well below the European conversation, dependent on player sales to fund structural improvement. Cacciamani is, by any reading of the situation, the most saleable asset they hold — young, homegrown, and with a development ceiling that justifies a premium valuation.
His season numbers — 2 goals and 2 assists across 39 appearances, with an average rating of 6.18 — tell the story of a teenager embedded in a struggling side rather than one given licence to express himself freely. An AI overall score of 58 out of 100, with a projected ceiling of 65, suggests a player whose best football remains ahead of him, which is precisely the argument Petrachi is making to any interested club: you are not buying what Cacciamani is now, you are buying what he becomes.
The summer at Torino has not been quiet. The club has advanced a potential deal worth up to €15 million for Leeds United goalkeeper Lucas Perri, signalling that investment is being planned — but investment requires income. Cacciamani's transfer fee, if it materialises, would likely underwrite a significant portion of that kind of outlay.
Leonardo Colucci, who took charge of Torino's first team, now inherits a squad in transition and a window that has not yet resolved its central question. Cacciamani's future shapes the club's capacity to act elsewhere. If Roma or another suitor meets Petrachi's valuation, Torino gain financial room to rebuild around Colucci's ideas. If no offer arrives, Cacciamani begins the new season as a granata midfielder with unresolved status — useful to the team, but carrying the weight of a club that needs to sell.
Petrachi has not closed the door on a departure. He has simply refused to open it cheaply.