July 12th 2023.
Gianluca Scamacca is making it clear that he wants a return to Italy this summer. The West Ham forward signed from Sassuolo last summer in a deal worth over £30m, but he has not been a hit in England, scoring just three Premier League goals this season.
Scamacca is determined to go back to Rome, where he spent time in the youth academy from 2012-15. He made his intentions known in an interview with La Gazzetta dello Sport, saying "Roma is my home. It'd be a dream scenario to have José Mourinho as manager. I'm sure I'd improve my skills a lot under Jose at Roma."
Whether a deal can be done is uncertain as West Ham want to recoup as much of their outlay on the Italian as possible. Michail Antonio, another West Ham forward, spoke about Scamacca earlier this summer, saying that he has great quality, but has struggled to deal with David Moyes' style of play. Antonio said that Scamacca "needs a different type of manager who will let him play with players to come off him. But with David Moyes, you have to feed off scraps, be a fighter… and he’s not that.”
It remains to be seen if Scamacca will get his wish of returning to Italy this summer, but it's clear that he's determined to make it happen.
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