{"id":606994,"date":"2022-01-04T13:42:44","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T18:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=606994"},"modified":"2022-01-04T13:42:44","modified_gmt":"2022-01-04T18:42:44","slug":"as-roma-agree-deal-to-sign-ainsley-maitland-niles-on-loan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/01\/04\/as-roma-agree-deal-to-sign-ainsley-maitland-niles-on-loan\/","title":{"rendered":"AS Roma Agree Deal to Sign Ainsley Maitland-Niles on Loan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/david_ornstein\/status\/1478432583151235076?s=21\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">As per David Ornstein of The Athletic<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/12\/29\/as-roma-in-talks-to-sign-ainsley-maitland-niles-on-loan\/\" target=\"_self\">AS Roma<\/a> have agreed a deal to sign <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/01\/01\/foundations-set-arsenal-success\/\" target=\"_self\">Arsenal<\/a> midfielder Ainsley Maitland-Niles on loan. The move will last six months, with just the personal terms left to agree.<\/p>\n<p>It comes as little surprise to see the Arsenal man move on &#8211; if only on loan &#8211; when considering the little game time he has had. Just past the halfway mark in the Premier League, Maitland-Niles has featured just 11 times in all competitions. At Roma, he will hope to get regular minutes and perhaps even impress Jose Mourinho enough for a permanent move.<\/p>\n<h2>AS Roma Agree Deal to Sign Ainsley Maitland-Niles on Loan<\/h2>\n<h3>Too Much Competition at Arsenal<\/h3>\n<p>Ainsley Maitland-Niles could have previously been excused for becoming frustrated at a lack of game time at Arsenal. After the arrivals of Takehiro Tomiyasu and Nuno Tavares, combined with the improvement of others elsewhere, however, Maitland-Niles was simply crowded out. His versatility could have become a key asset, but Mikel Arteta has built a consistent squad &#8211; resulting in little change and little opportunity for the Hale End graduate.<\/p>\n<p>At Roma, competition is not so packed. The midfielder will be joining a side sat sixth in the Seria A, and in need of a boost in their pursuit of Champions League football. Maitland-Niles, at his very best, can provide that boost.<\/p>\n<p>In an attacking sense, particular, the Arsenal man can provide a helping hand. Roma have scored just 31 goals in 19 games in the Serie A this season &#8211; less than five of the top six. Maitland-Niles may just make all the difference for Mourinho, especially if he can strike a promising partnership with fellow Englishman Tammy Abraham, who has enjoyed life in Rome thus far.<\/p>\n<p>We may finally get to see Maitland-Niles at his very best in Italy.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<br \/>\n<a id=\"73XbZ3G9TyBYU6XeOUVCmA\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1349242086\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'73XbZ3G9TyBYU6XeOUVCmA',sig:'TQfTP2f0DWXCfzL-i4oyNo8Ig3pgXVDKqdwWxzy48UI=',w:'594px',h:'385px',items:'1349242086',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As per David Ornstein of The Athletic, AS Roma have agreed a deal to sign Arsenal midfielder Ainsley Maitland-Niles on loan. The move will last six months, with just the personal terms left to agree. It comes as little surprise to see the Arsenal man move on &#8211; if only on loan &#8211; when considering [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3402,"featured_media":607002,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,8,30,3,7188,28,1],"tags":[2807,997],"class_list":["post-606994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-serie-a","category-arsenal","category-news","category-premier-league","category-rumours","category-transfers","category-uncategorized","tag-ainsley-maitland-niles","tag-as-roma"],"modified_by":"Tom Cunningham, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3402"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=606994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606994\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/607002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=606994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=606994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=606994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}