Totti held a press conference yesterday to announce his official departure from Roma, and did not accept the club's offer of the team's technical director. He said: I hope it's not the end, but the day has come, and although it's difficult, it's the right decision to make, because I never had the opportunity to be involved in the core of the team.
(Totti. Photo credit: Reuters)
It was previously reported that Totti didn't accept the position of technical director because he didn't want to sit at a desk all day, but judging by what Totti said at the conference, it's more a case of dissatisfaction with the club's hierarchy. Totti feels that he is not involved in many things at the team and has only been involved in about 10 meetings in two years. They always call me last, like they didn't want me there, and after a while things like that start to have an effect on me. I don't think it's enough respect for a director, I try to bring my contribution to the club but I find that other people don't seem to think that way. I think I'm good at finding good players, but there's no point in being a technical director if the top brass don't ask you about choosing coaches, players or selling players.
(Totti attends the conference. Photo credit: Reuters)
Totti went on to say: many people's promises to me are false, I am a Roma fan, this is very disappointing, I dreamed of making Roma the best team, even if we didn't take the A, there should be one or two matches to compete for the title, of course, we have a financial problem, we have to sell players. If I were the president of Roma, I would let people like Totti and De Rossi manage the team, they know what is important for Roma. The people around Lord Pallotta are wrong, and if you've been wrong for seven years in a row, maybe it's time to start reflecting on what's wrong with you. In the future, if I want to return to Rome, the only possibility is to change the presidency. Leaving Rome is like dying, but the way things are now, I'd rather die. A lot of people tell me that I represent this team and that's exactly why I don't want to leave.
(Totti attends the conference. Photo credit: Reuters)
As for the departure of De Rossi this season, there was a rumor that De Rossi wanted to oust Totti, Totti also refuted this funny report and said: I was never involved in his decision to leave the team, but I told some directors in September last year, if you think this is his last season, please go directly to him, do not be like me at that time, until the last two rounds to tell me that he is the captain of Roma need to be respected, at that time they all agreed. He is the captain of Roma and needs to be treated with the respect he deserves. At that time, they all agreed, but then De Rossi got injured, the team's record was poor, the team was in turmoil, Di Francesco and Monchi left the team, and everything got complicated.
(Totti attends the conference. Photo credit: Reuters)
However, in the end, Totti still thanked two, one is Rome CEO Fienga, he thinks this is the only support him in the club, willing to listen to his views, they decided together to let Ranieri temporary Rome, thanks to Fienga's support. The other is Ranieri, Totti said: thank Ranieri free to come to Rome, he is a real man, we have not even talked about the money and the team, he said directly that tomorrow will come to the Golya training base, I think the Roman fans should thank Ranieri, fortunately the fans in the De Rossi's last game did do so, I feel very happy.
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