The former sporting director of Roma Gianluca Petrachi spoke to the microphones of TVPlay:
“I CONVINCED CAIRO TO TAKE BREMER: I MADE MY FACE. FONSECA WATCHES THE FOOTBALLERS ON WYSCOUT” – “On the transfer market, Fonseca didn’t give me any problems. I shared choices with him, there was a discussion. On a technical level they didn’t want Bremer at Turin, I convinced Cairo and put my face to it. I don’t bring a player that a coach doesn’t know. I don’t know what will happen to Milan. Fonseca likes to look at the profiles that are proposed on Wyscout.”
“I AM IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH SOME CLUB” –“I’ve met some clubs lately, I won’t hide it. I am in negotiations with some company and trying to find a better solution. I want to come back doing my job well. I collaborate, I share, but I am a decision maker.”
“CALAFIORI EXPLOSION IS DUE TO THIAGO MOTTA” – “I brought Calafiori to the first team. As soon as I arrived, I saw it. He was coming off a two-year injury before he penalized him. But you could see that he was an absolute talent, he had this ability to go right and left and then above all he had engine. Unfortunately I left and I lost track of Calafiori. When he went to Basel, my men continued to follow him, in case he came back on track they told me to take him because he had grown so much. For me Calafiori is not a discovery. I believe that this explosion is mainly due to Thiago Motta, who allowed him to play football as he likes to do. He was always someone who started from behind and jumped one or two men. And then it is the essence of football to create numerical superiority. Calafiori did it with absolute naturalness as a defender, because he was born a full-back, he was born a winger. Congratulations to the Basel coach who then put his arm around him. He’s a serious guy, he’s mannered”.
