Evan Ferguson’s Roma career likely over after surgery decision – Football Italia

Evan Ferguson’s career at Roma is likely over, as the Republic of Ireland international is expected to miss the remainder of the 2025-26 season through injury according to reports in Italy. 

It has been a miserable few seasons for the 21-year-old Brighton loanee, who had been tipped for very top during his teenage years in the Premier League. 

His 2023-24 campaign was curtailed with a cruciate ligament tear, which also affected his start to the 2024-25 season. He also suffered an ankle injury later that season, before being sent on a fairly underwhelming loan spell to West Ham. 

He had hoped to relaunch his career in Serie A with Roma, who brought him on loan with a €40m option to buy from Brighton during the summer transfer window. 

However, despite the occasional glimpse of promise during his time with the Rossoneri, scoring five goals and providing two assists from 22 appearances across Serie A and the Europa League, Ferguson has struggled to win over Roma head coach Gian Piero Gasperini and has also continued to do battle with ankle injuries. 

Ferguson surgery brings end of Roma career

Despite scoring twice and providing an assist in a run of three consecutive Serie A starts over the new-year period, Ferguson has missed most of 2026 with a new ankle injury, which has kept him out of the last seven Serie A matches. 

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 have surgery. 

According to Saturday’s report, Ferguson will have the operation in the UK at some stage next week and this is expected to bring the end of his 2025-26 season. 

This is also likely to spell the end of Ferguson’s Roma days, as the Giallorossi are extremely unlikely to activate the buy option in their loan agreement with Brighton. 

With Artem Dovbyk and Paulo Dybala also unavailable through injury and with Matias Soule still struggling, Gasperini now finds himself increasingly reliant on Serie A’s player of the month for February, Donyell Malen, plus youngsters Robinio Vaz and Antonio Arena in attack.