Frosinone midfielder Farès Ghedjemis, 24, is at the centre of contract extension talks with the Canarini, with the club's hierarchy working to secure him on significantly improved terms and ward off interest from abroad. The development marks a sharp reversal in the Algerian's standing at the club after a summer in which his future at Frosinone looked anything but settled.
The significance of that reversal is worth pausing on. Earlier this season, Ghedjemis was fighting to re-establish himself in Massimiliano Alvini's plans following a prolonged transfer dispute that had cost him ground in the squad hierarchy. Now the club is treating him as an asset worth protecting — placing him alongside right-back Oyono, also 25, in a group of players the Frosinone board considers central to the project's continuity.
Whether Ghedjemis has fully converted that institutional confidence into on-pitch authority is a more complicated question. His Serie A numbers for 2026-27 are modest: three appearances, no goals, no assists, and an average rating of 6.51. A separate Coppa Italia appearance produced his only direct contribution of the season — one assist — though those numbers were not accumulated in Serie A and should not be read as evidence of a Serie A breakthrough. His AI overall sits at 71 out of 100, with a potential rating of 78, suggesting the analytical models see a player who has not yet reached his ceiling.
Frosinone's broader context gives the contract push a coherent logic. Alvini's side sit sixth in Serie A with ten points from five matches — three wins, one draw, one defeat — and have conceded just four goals in that stretch. A club operating at that level has reason to think carefully about which players it wants to build around. Ghedjemis, despite his limited minutes, is evidently one of them.
The harder task now is translating contractual security into consistent selection. A rating of 6.51 across three Serie A outings tells you a player is present but not yet decisive. The gap between his current output and that potential ceiling of 78 is where the real story of his season will be written. Frosinone have decided he is worth the investment; Ghedjemis must now make the argument on the pitch.