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De Rossi: "I've never thought about leaving Roma"
FOREIGN LURE
Today I can tell you the truth, in this conference that I hold every year. I couldn't speak in Irdning because I was trying to work out how far the rumours would go, I wanted to square the circle. I didn't speak about it while I was with Italy out of respect for you. I decided to speak up today but I have no intention of launching World War 3. If we're talking about interest shown by other teams, I think you always gets offers for important players. And this is where I feel I must speak my mind: I'm here, I'm happy in Rome and I've never asked to move. There's been talk about messages with Mancini, phone calls and supposed quotes: all sorts of things have been written. While certain articles just make me smile because they are always written by the same people, with whom I'm already wrangling in the courts, others are more serious and might make people think bad of me. The only thing I can promise is that the day I wish to leave Roma – though I doubt that will happen because I'm 29 – I'll come here and take responsibility for my decision. I'll say “I want to leave.” But I've never said that, not to the directors of Roma nor to the directors of any other club. That's the truth and I hope you believe it. I hope that the integrity I've shown throughout my career backs me up in this sense. I have never asked to leave Roma.
NOT FOR SALE
It's difficult to quantify what you would call an indecent proposal because some people think I'm worth 100 and others 0. I think what Sabatini said, that nobody can be considered not for sale, is true and we've always seen that in football. In the past people like Zidane and other players just as good as him have been sold, so my position could certainly be in doubt if a huge offer were to come in. I know that lots of fans are very fond of me - we saw that at the stadium during the friendly the other night. And I think I would always like to be seen as important not only because I'm from Rome but also because I'm a good footballer.
FIRM OFFERS
The club that you all know enquired about me, although I could name a few others that showed less substantial interest. Something started happening during the Euros but the biggest steps were taken by the club you all know about. Relations with Mancini? My agent is always my contact. I speak to him and he works in my interest. I've only spoken to Mancini one time. I told him what I thought. There's mutual respect between us and I hope he does well but he's not a friend I speak to regularly. Was there a lot of pressure? It was more a media thing and it was soon over. Somebody even quoted Mancini as having said something like “If you stay at Roma you'll end up the same way as Totti.” He never said those words to me. As far as I know, the City manager rates Totti massively. The captain will end his career with at least one Scudetto and I would sign right now to have the same. Admittedly that's not a lot for a player like him: I think he deserves bigger rewards. I'm a good player but I'm not as talented as he is. Winning a Scudetto in the next five years would mean rounding off my career in the best way possible, although I'd rather win five of course!
CHOICES
Has the club ever thought about selling me? That's obviously a question I think the club should answer. But I know that the club consider me to be a very important player and not long ago they gave me a huge contract, involving figures that we're unlikely to see in Italy in the near future. From my own perspective, I made my choice five months ago – in many ways I made it 30 years ago when I was born – but I can confirm that choice now. Five months ago when I signed it was snowing; I haven't changed my mind now that there's a a 40°C heat and it's summer. My opinion doesn't change with the weather! As I said, I've never thought about leaving. What would I do if the club wanted to sell me? I've always told my agent and the clubs who were interested in me the same thing, that I wanted to stay here. If for whatever reason I no longer figured in the club's plans, depending on the reason I would consider my options. For example, I remember the Nesta situation years ago: Lazio were in serious financial trouble and had no choice but to sell him, and he accepted the situation. But I don't think that's the case at Roma at the moment.
SATISFACTION WITH THE CLUB'S WORK
At Cesena after our final game last season I was asked what Roma needed to be competitive in the future. I said that investments were needed and investments have been made over the last few months. Players that were wanted by other clubs have ended up here. Not just a great striker and a great full-back but also other players I didn't know before and who I'm getting to know now. In that sense an answer has been given. Obviously it's sad that certain players who were part of the old guard here in Trigoria have left: Heinze, Cassetti, Pizarro, Okaka and so on. Those lads gave a lot to our old group both on the pitch and in the dressing room. But now lots of excellent players have come in and it's with these players that we can start afresh. I think we “old” players can and must help to rebuild the good things we had in the past.
TRANSFER DEALINGS
There isn't one player in particular I've been impressed by. They are all good. I knew Destro and Balzaretti well before but the nicest surprise has been Piris and Tachtsidis as they were players I didn't know before, though I wouldn't like to be forgetting anyone. Bradley? He's even better than I thought. But let's not forget Lamela, Bojan and Osvaldo, who have wonderful attacking ability and could do incredible things playing Zeman's football. Romagnoli? He hasn't just been discovered because my father coached him in the Primavera and I knew what a player he was. I hope that he and people like Marquinhos are ready to perform well.
ZEMAN
It was written in the papers that I have problems with the coach. That is a total lie. On a personal level I got on very well with the previous coach, Luis Enrique. That's true and I hoped we could be successful with him on the pitch but it didn't turn out like that – though for what it's worth I am convinced that he could have become a success. Then when they were deciding on the new coach and there was talk of it being between Montella and Zeman, if I have to be completely honest initially I hoped it would be Montella because I knew him well and I thought I might have some problems with Zeman. But I've got to know him now over the weeks and he's totally different to the person I thought he was. He's a lovely person, much more so than you might expect him to be, and I get on really well with him. As for the work on the pitch, yeah it's tough and we have to run a lot, but I think in the end it motivates us. |
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