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The former sporting director: “I love Abraham. Grateful to Pallotta for bringing me to the Giallorossi, I’m still a fan”
Former Roma sporting director Walter Sabatini spoke to Radio Radio in space Special transfer market. Here are his words:
She goes crazy with unspoken talent. And he doesn’t give up on that. Arnautovic for example 10 years ago had to pursue the career he is doing. For example, she would have taken it. Now the Giallorossi have Shomurodov. “It seems to me that Roma is missing an important protein that makes the team great. Roma alternates great games with incredible thuds “.
Is protein more the team or the company? “Society clearly plays a primary role. I don’t know how much Tiago Pinto’s impact is on the locker room and on Mourinho and the Friedkins but I have to shut up. I am a Roma fan, as is my son. I also worked for Lazio and I will never dissociate myself from that choice of life because Lotito pulled me out of a personal situation. For Lotito I can only reserve my gratitude and as gratitude and it must always be at the base. Roma has been my life, I’ve always said it and I repeat it today. I have never strayed from being a Roma sporting director. I always did it on the basis of who I was and the actions I performed“.
You have been director of Roma for many years and have lived it intensely. I ask her, why is it so difficult to win? “Because Juve scored 102 points. A year with Spalletti 82 and Garcia 85. but unfortunately Juve scored 106 points. The environment is difficult but the environment is you. In Rome the environment is all of us, it is a turbulent, controversial square, but it is not a wrong cross that should worry a criticism made on the radio the day before. This is an alibi that I want to remove. I am pleased with mine and the capital gains in Rome. They were real capital gains and I am more pleased with them because I discover that many other products have been rigged. I am not scandalized, football will not stop for this. As long as there will be sanctions and fine. Football has always rediscovered the main road so this will not stop football. football belongs to the people and the people will not allow the end.
What about the coaches he had? “I have had wonderful coaches. If I have to choose one, I choose Spalletti even if this will not be welcome in Rome. The quality of the players with Spalletti was extraordinary. Totti won the golden shoe. I am grateful to Zeman because he made children like Marquinhos and Lamela play for starters. Rudi Garcia himself came from a contesting season and came with a lightness that was grasped by the locker room and we made 10 victories in a row. Everyone said it. De Rossi also told me ‘do you realize how strong we were?’. The players themselves were aware that something big could be done. In the Garcia violin game I met Rocchi then, and he told me that if he could go back he had canceled that whole game. He told me it made a lot of shit. The result there would have been different and in that context the result would have been decisive for the rest of the championship. But I didn’t feel any anti-Rome climate “.
Now a persecutory atmosphere warns him? “For me if there are errors, due to a replacement. It would be worthwhile if they were wrong even to the detriment of someone else but I don’t think there is a design against Rome. Once when there were the dynasties of the Senses and the Viola it could have been like this. Today the properties are all foreign so I don’t think anyone wants to penalize the Friedkins. “
Was there ever a chance to return? What advice would you give to Zaniolo? “Su Zaniolo I have particular affection, it will be the crack of the season and I’m sorry for the repercussions he had. He has superlative strength and technique. I advise him to avoid the unnecessary. He has to think about his qualities and simplify his game. He can’t do without the fight because it’s his way of playing. He is an immeasurable player, very strong and will be fundamental for the national team’s play-off. “
So wouldn’t you advise him to go abroad? “Absolutely not, Roma is the cradle of champions. I have never heard a supporter who sings for a quarter of an hour under 3 goals“.
Was there a way to return?“If I would go back to Rome? Rhetorical question. I would go back, but no one thinks of making me go back. And there has never been a rapprochement with me, because now football chooses managers with algorithms. I have to live with it, but I don’t want to be coded and victimized by an algorithm “.
Zamparini, Lotito, Pallotta and Zang. Who is it more difficult to work with? “You have decided to corner me. They have all been powerful presidents. Zhang I had a lot to see how powerful it is. In China he was a demigod. Zamparini an incredible president. You always danced tap dance with him. He was a great connoisseur of football. Lotito is the best president ever. Lotito was president when Lazio were on the threshold of the court. From there with his intuitions and his courage he fought the battle that brought Lazio to a European dimension. That year we made it to the Champions League with a series of loans. On Pallotta I fly over but he gave me Roma. Roma are great things and he gave it to me. I appreciate that he esteems meI”.
The worst operation between Dumbia, Iturbe and Zeman? “No on Zeman I disagree. Dumbia was a bad operation. However, he scored 2 consecutive goals that kept us attached to the Champions League. But I can’t say it was a big deal“.
What about Allison and Marquinhos? “Allison the best deal, got 7 resold at 40. Marquinos got 4 resold at 32. Today I’m prouder than I used to be. “
You brought Dzeko for 15 million, Pinto brought Abraham for 40. He can have a future at Dzeko and become one of the most important in the history of Rome.. “Abraham tried to bring him to Sampdoria. I am crazy for Abraham and I see the moves he has on the pitch and the margins for improvement he can have. His problem is that the whole team finds its size, then it will be decisive. “
Allegri alla Roma. “Allegri at Roma? When he was leaving Milan we caught him, then I don’t know what happened and he didn’t come. But there is no shortage of coaches in football.”
December 7, 2021 (change December 7, 2021 | 17:29)
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