ROME – He will be more than a sporting director but less than a general director: «Responsible for the technical area». The new Rome he doesn’t move randomly, even when he announces the name of the new chief manager, who has signed a three-year contract and will land in Trigoria in the next few hours to open the office. THE Friedkin they avoided repeating the mistake made with Tiago Pinto, who had confused the role of “general manager” with an idea of absolute power, only to then realize that he had no say in the really important things.
New course Rome
So it’s up to Florent Ghisolfi, from Marseille of Corsican origins, the task of relaunching a team that has not frequented the elite circles of the Champions League for six seasons. Roma’s owners liked the man even more than the profile traced by the famous algorithm. Someone who says he “feels more comfortable in the shade than in the sun” is exactly the kind of person who can get along with the Friedkins. Little media spotlight, little desire for protagonism. «For me, teamwork counts, on and off the field» he tells those who know him well. He therefore seems suitable to collaborate with two other very well-prepared and ambitious forty-year-olds CEO Lina Souloukou and the coach Daniele De Rossi. The rest, that is, the success of the operation, will be determined by the results achieved. In technical and also financial terms. But be careful: if Ghisolfi is not formally the sporting director, it means that Roma will hire another professional figure who fills the slot required by the FIGC regulations. The integration could also be achieved with an internal solution because the Portuguese scout José Fontes, who arrived in Trigoria with Mourinho, could be promoted and therefore work closely with the latest arrival.
