Reports: Espanyol poised to sell rebel Osvaldo to Roma

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Spanish Liga club Espanyol are poised to sell rebellious forward Pablo Osvaldo to Italian club AS Roma, according to Catalan papers Sport and Mundo Deportivo on Sunday.

The papers claimed that Espanyol had agreed to sell the Argentine striker for around 15 million euros (21.6 million dollars), and that the official announcement will be made on Monday.

Roma's new coach is former Barcelona captain and B team coach Luis Enrique, who knows Osvaldo well. His plan is to link the Argentine striker up with young Bojan Krkic, whom Roma signed from Barcelona in July.

Osvaldo, 25, is familiar with Italian football, having already played for Atalanta, Lecce, Fiorentina and Bologna. He joined Espanyol from Bologna in January 2010 and scored 20 goals for the blue-and-whites in 44 games.

Last week Osvaldo seemed all set to sign for Atletico Madrid, but Atletico have instead opted for Colombian striker Radamel Falcao from FC Porto.

Osvaldo then annoyed Espanyol by claiming that he would never play for the club again and by refusing to train.

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