Ireland striker Evan Ferguson’s career at Roma is likely to be over, as he is expected to miss the rest of the 2025/26 season due to injury.
It has been a miserable few seasons for the 21-year-old, who is on loan from Brighton, and who in his teens was predicted to have a future at the very top of the Premier League. – At one point sure they had a golden calf worth at least 100 million euros, there is no talk of such sums anymore.
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His 2023/24 season was shortened due to a cruciate ligament rupture, which also affected the start of the 2024/25 season. He also suffered an ankle injury later that season, before being sent on an unimpressive loan spell at West Ham.
He had hoped to relaunch his career in Serie A with Roma, who signed him on loan with a €40 million option from Brighton this summer.
But despite the occasional glimpse of promising play during his time at the Rossoneri, with five goals and two assists in 22 appearances in Serie A and Europa League, Ferguson has struggled to convince Roma manager Gian Piero Gasperini, and has continued to struggle with ankle injuries.
Ferguson operation means the end of Roma career
Despite scoring two goals and having one assist in a run of three straight Serie A games from the start over the New Year, Ferguson has missed most of 2026 with a new ankle injury, which has kept him out of the last seven Serie A games.
According to recent reports, Ferguson has recently returned to the UK for a consultation with a specialist, and now, according to updates from Corriere dello Sport, the decision has been made for the 21-year-old to undergo surgery.
According to Saturday’s report, Ferguson will undergo surgery in the UK sometime next week, and this is expected to mean the end of the 2025/26 season for him.
This is also likely to mean the end of Ferguson’s days at Roma, as the “Giallorossi” are very unlikely to activate the purchase option in the loan deal with Brighton.
With Artem Dovbyk and Paulo Dybala also unavailable due to injury, and with Matías Soulé still struggling, Gasperini now finds himself in a situation where he will increasingly have to rely on Series A player for February, Donyell Malen, as well as youngsters Robinio Vaz and Antonio Arena in attack.
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