Chelsea
have announced that winger Mohamed Salah has joined Roma on a season-long
loan.
Salah, who left Basle to join the Blues in January last year, became the
first Egyptian to turn out for the Stamford Bridge side but has found
regular football hard to come by.
He scored twice in 19 appearances for the reigning champions but had more
joy out on loan at Fiorentina in the second half of last season, scoring
nine times in 26 games.
Salah will now return to Serie A and Roma have the option to make the switch
permanent.
"Chelsea Football Club has agreed terms with AS Roma for the season-long
loan of Mohamed Salah," Chelsea said in a statement.
"The winger will spend the 2015-16 campaign on loan at the Stadio Olimpico
and the agreement includes an option to purchase at any point during the
season."
Roma expressed their delight on their website, saying the 23-year-old is
widely regarded as "the best Egyptian player in the world right now".
Salah thinks his new side can wrestle the Scudetto out of Juventus' grasp.
"I think everybody here has ambition and everybody wants to win the title,”
he said on
Roma's website.
“That would be good for us and very good for the fans. Everybody will do
their best to make the fans happy.”
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