By MARTIN BLACKBURN
City’s pursuit of the £30million-rated Italy midfielder was one of the sagas of the summer.
De Rossi opted to stay with his Serie A club, leading Roberto Mancini to sign Javi Garcia from Benfica instead.
Now De Rossi, 29, has fallen out with Roma coach Zdenek Zeman and his future is again in doubt.
General manager Franco Baldini said: “In the summer there was an offer made by Manchester City. We listened to that offer and considered it.
“If we were to get another offer we would listen again.”