Claudio Ranieri, in his new role as Roma\u2019s Senior Advisor, gave an interview to Sky Sport to clarify the club\u2019s direction at this stage of the season. <\/p>\n
The Giallorossi executive addressed the hottest topics of debate among fans, starting with Francesco Totti\u2019s possible return to the club. <\/p>\n
The former Giallorossi coach began his remarks by saying: \u201cWe discussed a three-year program with the owners, in which the coach asked for 15-16 players to rotate. We\u2019re trying to do everything well, but it\u2019s obvious that it\u2019s not possible right away. We\u2019re very happy with what we\u2019re doing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ranieri then commented on Gasperini\u2019s comments after the Udinese match: \u201cGasperini is a coach chosen together with the club. The desire is to reach the highest possible level, but we know we\u2019re building. At the start of the season, I said we\u2019d have two difficult transfer windows. I didn\u2019t think I\u2019d see these arrivals. This shows how good Gasperini is: he signed Malen and Zaragoza. Vaz was a signing everyone wanted.\u201d <\/p>\n
And on the Gasperini-Massara relationship, he explained: \u201cWe\u2019re talking about different personalities. Gasperini hammers everyone; that\u2019s his strength. He\u2019s that kind of coach and person. Massara, on the other hand, is a very thoughtful person who takes it very well and tries to do his job. He listens to the coach and senses what the coach can do. And I\u2019m somewhere in between.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ranieri\u2019s assessment of the signings of Malen and Zaragoza is this: \u201cMalen has a wealth of experience, a Dutch international. Zaragoza is a player we were missing; he has the ability to beat a man in one-on-one situations, both inside and outside. He\u2019s one of those players who breaks the marking.\u201d <\/p>\n
He then clarifies the renewals of Dybala and Pellegrini: \u201cFor the club\u2019s survival, we need to lower the wage bill, otherwise we won\u2019t be able to do it. It\u2019s not that the club doesn\u2019t want it, but it needs to be lowered for Fair Play reasons. Based on what they\u2019ve done on the pitch, considering what the coach tells us, and what their demands are, if we have a meeting, great. Otherwise, we\u2019ll say goodbye.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ranieri explained how much the Friedkins are looking to the future: \u201cI think the new stadium already clearly demonstrates how committed they are. They hired a coach for three years and their request was: we want to get to the Champions League, stay there, and then there will be a year to win the Scudetto. This is their way of working. We\u2019re building and growing. At the end of the year, we\u2019ll have to see what we\u2019ve done. But I\u2019m referring to bringing in certain players; our coach has asked for 15-16, at a certain level. And in this respect, we\u2014and I\u2019m talking about the club and the coach\u2014are all united.\u201d <\/p>\n
And finally, regarding Totti\u2019s reinstatement, he concluded the interview with this: \u201cThe club is thinking about it, and I hope Francesco can be truly useful to Roma because he\u2019s part of this club.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Claudio Ranieri, in his new role as Roma\u2019s Senior Advisor, gave an interview to Sky Sport to clarify…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":461245,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-461244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=461244"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461244\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/461245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=461244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=461244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=461244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}