Evan Ferguson to return early to Brighton with Man U star favourite to replace him

A sad end.

Italian publication La Gazzetta dello Sport are reporting that his club are working on sending him back to Brighton in January, despite his year-long deal and €40m option to buy.

They wrote (translated from Google): "The Irish striker has disappointed, and the Giallorossi are working to end his loan. Zirkzee is the favorite to replace him, with Scamacca and Kalimuendo also on the cards."

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They are also reporting that Man United forward Joshua Zirkzee is the favourite option to replace him.

Ferguson began life with the Giallorossi well with a heap of goals in pre-season and some promising play in Serie A, but scored his first and only goal late last month against Cremonese.

He was then taken off at half-time the week after against Napoli.

However, it must be taken into account that Roma do not score much, and have only bagged 15 in the league this season, while their top scorer in Serie A is Matias Soule with four.

When asked about Ferguson's future after the weekend's loss to Cagliari, manager Gian Piero Gasperini said: "Ferguson’s future? I’ve never talked about it, I don’t know if the agent has. I’ll talk about it with the club in January, if necessary.

"It always happens these days that there’s a lot of talk about players, then maybe one comes in, scores two goals, and changes everything."