Ainsley Maitland-Niles 'open to becoming a member of Roma' as Arsenal enter talks with the Italian membership over a mortgage transfer for his or her out-of-favour academy graduate... 4 months after he was blocked from leaving to hitch Everton
- Roma are eyeing a January transfer for Arsenal outcast Ainsley Maitland-Niles
- The Serie A outfit are eager to take Maitland-Niles on an preliminary mortgage deal
- Roma sporting director Tiago Pinto has made contact with the Gunners
- Maitland-Niles has solely been afforded 4 begins by Mikel Arteta this season
Roma are reportedly in talks to signal Ainsley Maitland-Niles on mortgage from Arsenal within the January switch window.
Maitland-Niles, 24, has discovered sport time laborious to return by on the Emirates this season regardless of being blocked from leaving again in the summertime.
After Everton launched a bid to signal him, the England worldwide was instructed in a clear-the-air dialogue with Mikel Arteta that he wouldn't be allowed to depart the membership.
He was additionally pressured to briefly prepare away from the primary workforce after writing on Instagram: 'All I wanna do is go the place I am needed and the place I am gonna play @arsenal.'
His state of affairs in north London has not improved since that outburst, with Arteta solely affording him 4 begins in all competitions.
And in consequence, ESPN declare Roma are actually eyeing up a possible mortgage transfer for Maitland-Niles subsequent month.
The Serie A outfit's sporting director, Tiago Pinto, is known to have made contact with Arsenal about an preliminary mortgage which incorporates the choice to purchase him outright in the summertime.
Maitland-Niles is alleged to be open to the transfer, having not featured for Arsenal since their 4-0 defeat away at Liverpool on November 20.
Nevertheless, it's believed Everton may rival Roma for the midfielder's signature after failing to prise him away from the Emirates earlier this 12 months.
Maitland-Niles has made 132 appearances for Arsenal since rising from the membership's youth ranks, registering three objectives and eight assists.
