IL TEMPO (. CIRULLI) – While waiting for the official press release, de Rossi begins to consolidate the Rome of the future. Last April 18, on the eve of the quarter-final second leg with Milan in the Europa League, the club published a statement from Dan and Ryan on its website Friedkin regarding the Giallorossi coach: «We are pleased to announce that he will continue to hold the position of Roma coach for the foreseeable future, we couldn’t be happier to build a long-term project with Daniele». The timing was strategic: the confirmation came a few hours before the return with Milan in the quarter-finals of the Europa League, so as to relieve the pressure of a match, then won, very complicated despite the advantage gained at San Siro. But they are not, because De Rossi obtained the possibility of continuing to lead his team also thanks to a path, which began in January, which saw Roma forcefully return to fighting for the Champions League zone, held back exclusively by a lethal calendar which mixed direct clashes with the final stages of the cup. Although there are still two games remaining in Serie A, it is essential to start planning for next season. The coach and management are aligned on what the club’s objective should be. “We understood what the direction is – De Rossi mentioned after the match against Juventus – we didn’t talk about individual players, but about what we would like Roma to be”. Statements that arrive after the elimination at the hands of Bayer Leverkusen, a company from which to take an example, according to the technician himself, who has already given a clue as to the profiles to look for on the market. Leg footballers, able to skip the man and create numerical superiority. Identikit – like that of Zhegrova of Lille, appreciated by the coach – who the next sporting director – all signs point to Ghisolfi, which after the weekend, at the end of Ligue 1 could free itself from Nice – will evaluate, with less attention to the capital gains necessary to return to the limits of Financial Fair Play, so much so that the club would be willing to pay a fine, as it did last year summer. However, De Rossi’s first thought is linked to the present, and to the next two days of the championship and he may have received some advice from Luciano Spalletti, yesterday guest in Trigoria. The coach from Certaldo attended the morning session with smiles and hugs, and then spoke with the staff and management, as well as with De Rossi himself. It’s no secret that the current Italy coach was one of the sources of inspiration in his second career and finding him again at Fulvio Bernardini after many training sessions under his guidance certainly represented a blast from the past.
