On 15 July 2015 Zukanović joined Sampdoria for a fee of €3.053 million plus ownership of Fabrizio Cacciatore,[REF] after long negotiations, when it was thought that he would go to Inter Milan.
On 29 January 2016, he completed his move to Roma, on loan until the end of the season for initial €1.2 million, and buy option set at €2.8 million [REF].