 Mido eventually signed for Roma on the final day of the 2004 summer transfer window , for a fee of € 6 million , signing a five @-@ year contract . It was confirmed that he would miss the opening game of the season , and possibly the following two games . Mido was penciled in to make his Roma debut against Messina in September 2004 , a game in which he did actually play , but Roma lost 4 – 3 . Reports suggested that Mido could be sold to Valencia in a swap deal with Bernardo <unk> and was also linked with a move to Premier League side Manchester City . Southampton were believed to have had Mido on their shortlist of targets , but his agent Christophe <unk> said Roma would not be willing to let Mido leave the club . It was even reported that he had been offered to Southampton on loan but his new agent , Mino <unk> , repeated the earlier claims that Roma wanted to keep Mido until , at least , the end of the season . He was linked with a move to Tottenham Hotspur , with his agent confirming he wanted a move away from Roma . 
