AS Roma Sports Director: We are not just sellers

AS Roma's sporting director Gianluca Petrachi has refused to be called a failure after selling several of his star players this summer. He received criticism from his followers after releasing Kostas Manolas, Stephan El-Shaarawy and Patrick Schick.

"Things are not going well in football, young players like Schick can have high hopes here, but he himself feels he needs a new challenge." In essence, we are not a supplier of players to other clubs, "said Petrachi.

Petrachi then felt that he had made the best possible effort. He is committed to retaining potential young players for coach Paulo Fonseca. In addition, the arrival of Henrikh Mkhitaryan and the survival of Edin Dzeko are considered strong evidence.


"The contract extension for Cengiz Under and Nicolo Zaniolo is one of our priorities, and we have managed to keep Dzeko as our first choice on the front line." He will not go to Inter Milan, "Petrachi said.

"In addition, the arrival of Mkhitaryan also shows that Rome is a competitive team, he chose us from among the many offers presented. Rome can be a club that has a positive influence on his career," he said. .


Allegations of supporters of AS Roma being good enough to sell players have proof. Giallorossi has registered 21 players who were issued at once. Nine of them are loaned out, others are permanent.

However, they also brought ten players who were considered capable of participating directly in the first team. Besides Mkhitaryan, there are Gianluca Mancini, Davide Zappacosta, Pau Lopez, Amadou Diawara, Jordan Veretout and Chris Smalling.

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