{"id":1102606,"date":"2019-08-20T18:06:39","date_gmt":"2019-08-20T17:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1102606"},"modified":"2019-08-20T18:06:39","modified_gmt":"2019-08-20T17:06:39","slug":"davide-zappacosta-roma-despite-frank-lampard-chelsea","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/davide-zappacosta-roma-despite-frank-lampard-chelsea\/","title":{"rendered":"Davide Zappacosta expected to join Roma despite impressing Frank Lampard in Chelsea training"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Chelsea outcast\u00a0Davide Zappacosta is to join Roma on a season-long loan this week despite Frank Lampard recently praising his attitude in training, according to reports.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Italian is yet to feature under Lampard this season and amassed just four Premier League appearances last campaign.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Zappacosta to Roma? Five things to know&#8230;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Zappacosta is expected to join Roma this week, say the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2019\/aug\/20\/chelsea-davide-zappacosta-join-roma-loan-medical\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Guardian<\/a>, subject to a medical.<\/li>\n<li>He will join the Italian club on a season-long loan.<\/li>\n<li>Signed for \u00a323m from Torino is 2017,\u00a0Zappacosta has struggled to hold down a first-team spot since joining Chelsea.<\/li>\n<li>He featured sporadically under\u00a0Maurizio Sarri last season.<\/li>\n<li>With Lampard hopeful\u00a0Reece James can step up this term,\u00a0Zappacosta has fallen further down the pecking order.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>https:\/\/audioboom.com\/posts\/7343141-chelsea-can-get-excited-about-n-golo-kante-s-messi-impression<\/p>\n<p>He is set to undertake a medical this week ahead of his switch to the\u00a0Stadio Olimpico, where he will become the third experienced defender to leave Stamford Bridge this summer, following\u00a0David Luiz and Gary Cahill out of west London.<\/p>\n<p>The decision to allow the 27-year-old to leave comes after Lampard recently praised his work ethic and attitude in training.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about Zappacosta\u2019s situation last week, Lampard said:\u00a0&#8220;I have been really impressed with Zappacosta\u2019s training, attitude and how he has been.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He is a very good player. We have to make sure that we are happy with our squad when the European windows shut completely.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That will be a decision for us and, of course Zappa. I want players happy. The professionalism that he has shown here has been great.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Aaron Wan-Bissaka Explained! 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The Italian is yet to feature under Lampard this season and amassed just four Premier League appearances last campaign. Zappacosta to Roma? 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