Ajax are weighing up a move for Rolando Mandragora, Italian journalist Gianluca Di Marzio reported on his website on Monday. The 29-year-old Fiorentina midfielder has also attracted interest from Genoa.
Technical director Jordi Cruyff has been searching for a number six for Ajax's midfield for some time. Edson Álvarez, Dani Ceballos and Patrick Berg are among the players linked with the Amsterdam club, but none of those moves has gone through.
Whether Ajax submit an opening bid to Fiorentina, and when, remains unclear. Mandragora is under contract until mid-2028, while Torino and Bologna are also said to be tracking the midfielder.
Mandragora joined Juventus in 2016. The club then sent him out on loan several times before buying him back in 2020 for fifteen million euros. Fiorentina paid just over eight million euros for the Italian in the summer of 2022.
Last season, the midfielder linked with Ajax made 34 Serie A appearances. Mandragora scored seven goals and added three assists in that spell. He won one cap for the Italy national team in 2018.
Transfermarkt values the 1.83-metre holding midfielder at nine million euros. The question now is whether Cruyff are willing to pay that much for the much-desired number six.