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Roma president James Pallotta expressed anger at how Barcelona "unethically and immorally" signed Malcom when the Italian club already had an agreement with the player and his former club Bordeaux, saying they should offer Lionel Messi by way of apology.

The Giallorossi were expecting the Brazilian winger to arrive for a medical earlier this week only to learn his flight to the Eternal City had been cancelled after Barca made Bordeaux an improved offer.

Roma matched Barca's bid, but the player signed for the Spanish club less than 24 hours later, much to the Serie A club's sporting director Monchi's anger, as he said he was considering legal action.

And Pallotta added his anger at Barca's conduct in an interview with SiriusXM FC.

"There's no question that we had a deal with Malcom, then Barca jumped into the mix, unethically and immorally," he said. "They knew this was done.

"I have zero problem battling it out for a player with Inter or Bayern or whoever and all of us going through the same process. That's the way it works.

"Sure, some people say, 'It wasn't signed.' That's bulls---. We all know how it works. The kid comes in for the medical and the signing is done.

Malcom joined Barcelona from Bordeaux after initially agreeing to join Roma. Photo credit should read LLUIS GENE/AFP/Getty Images

"Other teams know not to come in and do what Barca did. Bordeaux shoud've never been doing what they did. Their actions were ridiculous.

"For Bordeaux to come back and say, 'Oh well, we didn't sign it...' Well they asked if they could put it on their website and tweet that he's going to Rome.

"Yesterday, Barcelona apologised about their actions and how they did things. And I don't accept the apology at all. The only way I'll accept [Barca's apology] is if they send the player to us, and that's not going to happen.

"Or maybe, as a goodwill gesture, the very least they could do is send us Messi."

Roma beat Barcelona in the quarterfinals of last season's Champions League, winning 3-0 at the Stadio Olimpico after a 4-1 defeat at Camp Nou.

They are due to meet again in the International Champions Cup in Arlington, Texas, on Aug. 1.

Source: espn.co.uk

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