“Unfortunately, the market has not closed yet. We will play three or four games before the transfer period ends. It’s easy to judge our reinforcements, but better to wait. We signed five players for seven million euros, it shows that we were good”, said José Mourinho, two weeks before the closing of the transfer market. “We lost two good players, like Mkhitaryan and Veretout, but we signed another five. There are clubs with other economic power, which can spend 100 or 150 million euros per season. Only Sampdoria and Lecce spent less than us, That is why we can only talk about favoritism from Roma if there are 18 titles available”, added the coach.
The Portuguese coach already had Svilar, Matic, Dybala, Wijnaldum and Çelik (former Lille winger who was the only one to arrive with a price of seven million euros for the pass), managed to resist Zaniolo’s harassment in recent days, assured Andrea Belotti that he had also left Torino and had the extra reinforcement of Mady Camara, Midfielder for the Guinean Olympiacos who arrived on loan from the Greek Olympiacos (1.5 million euros fee) after Wijnaldum’s serious injury in August.
The winter market is also under construction, with some English newspapers mentioning that the central Trevoh Chalobah is referenced by the Romans, but for now the last transfer window earned the Romans general manager a distinction: Tiago Pinto received the award for the best manager of the Italian transfer market, in an award given at the Football Summit Awards, an event that highlights all the agents who stood out in the growth of the transalpine football industry.
“The squad has improved. I don’t think anyone has any doubts and I don’t agree with those who say that we have a team for the immediate future. Roma is the fourth youngest team in Serie A, José Mourinho turns ordinary players into excellent players and we expect even more this season, but that doesn’t mean we’re going to talk about the title as a goal. Zaniolo? He was never close to leaving. Difficulties due to the rules of the fair play financial? I only hope that the next Roma sports director has an easier task than me…” Tiago Pinto commented at a press conference after the market closed.
It should be remembered that Tiago Pinto arrived at Roma at the beginning of 2021 after eight years at Benfica with various functions until becoming general director of the Reds, having started working with coach Paulo Fonseca and then betting on the hiring of José Mourinho in the summer . of 2021. Last season, Roma finished sixth in Serie A and won the first edition of the Conference League, in what was José Mourinho’s fifth European title after two Champions Leagues and two UEFA/Europa Leagues.
Source: Observadora
