AS Roma may be 7 points off the top of the table already, with just over a quarter of the season gone, but that doesn't mean that Bosnian international Miralem Pjanic has given up on getting into the Champions League next season! Far from it!

Roma target Martin Montoya has said that he is more than happy to stay at Barcelona for at least another year. The right-back has recently been linked with the likes of Roma, Valencia and Getafe, but has no intention of leaving Camp Nou, although he did recently revealed that he was flattered with the interest of Roma.

"I'm still very young and have a contract for another year," Montoya said to RAC1.

"I'm feeling very comfortable at Barcelona and I'm not listening to any other offers.

Carlo Ancelotti's looks set to be appointed as the new coach of Roma after everything seems to have been agreed with Chelsea.

The 51-year-old Italian is on the verge of a Stamford Bridge exit, and looks likely to leave for Roma at the end of the season, with only uncertainty over his replacement believed to be preventing the Blues from ending his term prematurely.

Roma are all set to cancel with immediate effect the contract of Brazilian striker Adriano.

The 29-year-old joined the club from Flamengo in the summer of 2010, but the powerful attacker's stay in the Italian capital has not been a success so far, having played just a handful of matches this season and mainly warming the bench.

Adriano recently returned to Roma three days later than agreed after spending some time in Brazil to recover from a shoulder injury, and the former Inter forward made things even worse when he didn't show up at an appointment with a club doctor at the weekend.

AS Roma are heading into the Champions League match against Shakhtar Donetsk searching for a positive result after two major losses in Serie A.

On Saturday, Claudio Ranieri's side slumped to a 2-0 loss at home to a rampant Napoli, while the week before Inter Milan ran riot in a 5-3 win at the San Siro.

"Our enthusiasm is not at its best. I think you all know the problems, too," midfielder Simone Perrotta said. "We're in a situation that has been dragging on for some time.

Roma booked a semifinal spot in the Italian After beating Inter Milan by two goals. Vucinic bagged the opener after 65 minutes after taking a pass from Daniele De Rossi in his stride and Taddei then produced an acrobatic finish for the clincher in time added on.

Palermo will face AC Milan in the other semi over two legs on April 20 and May 11 after badboy Antonio Cassano celebrated his return to his former club Sampdoria on Wednesday to help Milan run out 2-1 winners.

Roma full-back Cicinho has signed for Spanish team Villarreal. The Brazilian arrives at Villarreal on loan until the end of the season and will be presented at their El Madrigal stadium today.

It is a return to La Liga for Cicinho, who has also played for Real Madrid, while he and Giuseppe Rossi will face Napoli in the Europa League next month.

Villarreal, who this week lost right-back Angel Lopez for six months to a cruciate knee ligament injury, have the option to buy former Real Madrid defender Cicinho when his current deal ends.

Roma's Baptista is set to link up with Malaga once the transfer windows reopens in January. The El Diaro Sur daily claimed that the 29-year-old reached an agreement on a three-and-a-half-year contract with the Andalusian club on Tuesday.

Italian daily Corriere dello Sport reported that Malaga will pay two million euros for Baptista, whose annual salary will fall from 3.2 million euros to 2.5 million euros.

The final decision on the transfer rests with Italian bank Unicredit, who are Roma's majority shareholders.

Roma advance into the next stage of the champions league thanks to a draw with Cluj. Roma secured second place in Group E behind Bayern Munich by drawing 1-1 at Cluj on Wednesday. FC Basel needed to beat Bayern to stand any chance of catching Roma but was routed 3-0 in Germany.

Group H had both qualifying spots open. Shakhtar finished on top by winning 2-0 at home to FC Braga, and Arsenal joined the Ukrainian champions after a 3-1 victory over Partizan Belgrade.

Roma striker Marco Borriello says that he wants to continue with this great form. Borriello is confident his team can end a fantastic week on a high when they make the journey to Sicily to face Palermo in Serie A.

Roma climbed to fifth in the standings with Sunday's 2-0 win over Udinese before taking one step towards qualification to the next round with a 3-2 triumph over Bayern Munich in Tuesday's Champions League showdown.

"We had an amazing comeback," said Borriello, who scored Roma's opener against Bayern. "Things didn't look promising when we were 2-0 down at half-time."