Rome, Ranieri: "I want to see the character, Paredes and Hummels out of Venice for vacation"

Rome 7 February 2025 – Two days from the championship match that will see the Rome face the Venice at the Penzo stadium. Today is a busy day at Trigoria, with Claudio Ranieri who, like every pre-match eve, introduced the match against the Lagunari to the journalists present in the press room of the Fulvio Bernardini technical center. Here are the words of the Giallorossi coach.  

The coach began by analyzing the situation of the Roman club, talking about the work done by the Friedkin and also some of the criticisms that have characterised this transfer market. "What I said about Friedkin it's true. They spent a lot of money. I understand those who say they spent it badly, I don't want to be anyone's defender. But they put in a billion point two and they will spend another to build the stadium. They have a ceiling beyond which you can't go and you can't go above, this has repercussions for this year and the next. We need to be able to increase revenue. This is done by trying to move forward in Europe and we shouldn't have gone out of the Coppa Italia. There are many things that can bring money to the club, like Abraham o Calafiori, there are many names. You can't go beyond the spending limit, if we go there we are free, but then we will be out of Europe for several years. We need to evaluate carefully and try to make a virtue of necessity. We try to manage the gap and maneuver as much as possible. For this I am very happy, for now we can't do more. You can spend a lot of money on a player, but then you have to pay his salary. I feel bad about it too. The English have a wonderful saying for us Romans: Rome It wasn't done in a day. Give the owners time to do what they have in mind. Will they succeed? I sincerely hope so and I say this as a Roma fan, not as a coach. kolo muani We all wanted it, but we couldn't. It's easy to talk. We criticize what is right, but we know how to say things."

The coach's analysis continued, refuting the idea of ​​a possible revolution in the squad during the transfer market that just ended. "They didn't tell me to revolutionize. Whoever leaked this to you is not a friend of ours. They never told me to change this or that, because they know it's not possible."

We stay on the subject of the market, asking the coach if there is also the idea for the future of cutting the wage bill. "If possible - says the coach - yes. If we want to take and make the Friedkin, we have to lower the wage bill. I'll explain it as I know it. We can buy a player for 100 million, but we can't give him 2 pennies. Buying is outside of Financial Fair Play, but there is the wage bill of all Roma employees that weighs. Everyone in Italy has a ceiling and we, like the others, can't go".

From managing the market to the players who have arrived, asking the coach if they are integrating well into the group. "We have difficulties operating in the market in Italy. Playing every 3 days even to train them is not easy. I try to get them into the Italian mechanism, that of Roma specifically. We are at a good point. Rensch I inserted it immediately, now let's see how we can insert all the others".

The next question is not far from the previous one, asking him if it was the coach who chose the players personally, with a hint of irony behind the question. "The new coach? Eheheh... I'll make a joke about the new coach, if I do it... (laughs, ed.) We have put together a fantastic scouting group. We cover the whole world. I said what I think the future holds for us based on the players and these gentlemen bring me 4-5 viable players. We are all good at taking players like Walkers. We could have taken it too, but we had no money and no slots for non-EU citizens. I give the OK to whoever meets my needs, based on what we can spend. I am the one who chooses for him".

The next two questions are connected and ask the coach how much the crowd impacts the matches even when away. "When they sing Roma, Roma, Roma even when away you can hear it, it gives me the shivers... Away matches banned? I read that it's not for us but for a crossroads. Everyone does their job and tries to do it in the best way. I don't want to enter fields that I don't know. I would say stupid things and I don't like it".

We return to talking about the pitch, in particular about the challenge lost against Milan, asking Ranieri what the team lacked. "On a mental level it can't be anything. I share the analysis of Panucci: there was a lot of difficulty in finding the exit for the tips or Dybala. Which is what we did with theEintracht and with the Napoli. We went to try to equalize the match. Today I complimented the boys for a very simple reason: we fight until the end. Even at 3-1 I didn't see a team that gave up. Then there were some boys who were below their performance, that's normal, but they are not automatic machines. They always gave 100% and as a coach I am sophisticated. Then it's up to me to change, do and say. Among those called up there is neither Hummels nor Walls, I gave him vacation because with The Rossi e Juric they played little, but with me they played a lot. They can give everything, but then they can't keep up with their pace. It's more useful for them to recharge with your families. You already know that you won't find them in the squad, but not because they played badly, because they need to recharge. Everyone can make mistakes, but we're not a team that gets down when they're suffering."

The topic was explored even further, speaking of a team perhaps not yet cured of the ailments of the beginning of the season. For this reason, the Capitoline team needs all the support possible from the fans and Ranieri he was keen to point it out. "The Napoli last year. The Napoli this year. In sports, you can have a good year and a bad year. Milan when he made the changes the starters came in. Let's hold on to this one Rome. Let's love her not with words, but with deeds. I am old or young at different times. When I went to the Curva it was said to love, not to discuss the Rome. But now we are at 30% we discuss, then we love. This is not nice. The boys have not snubbed. These boys are giving everything and I want them to give everything. Until the end. Now let's go to Venice and for you it's easy, they are the last in the standings. Look at the last 9 games of Venezia, they won, lost or drew. They fought from the beginning to the end and the games lost were only by a single goal. We have to go there and fight from the beginning to the end. They have a shorter pitch and the ball will always be out. It will be a shorter game, the statistics say so. We with Napoli played 57 minutes, they in the last games 47, 10 minutes less. There I want to see the Rome. Now I want to see it. I wasn't worried about Napoli, Eintracht o Milan, but this one. Here I want to see the character, then in sport you can lose, but there are ways and ways".

From past to present, he wonders what you think of By Francesco. "He was unlucky but he is a great coach. All his teams play well and he will try to save the Venice. They have taken nine players and they will do their best, I hope so, but after Sunday."

Regarding the pitch, as the coach said previously, there will not be one in Venice Paredes, currently the subject of interest on the market Boca Juniors, . When asked about the pitch, the coach is also asked if any new faces will be seen on the pitch. "Someone at Venice there will be again. Contract of Paredes? I think they are talking about it but I didn't ask, to be honest. This morning I had things to do and I didn't ask. Just as I knew he would stay in January and not go to Boca".

In the challenge of Coppa Italia it was decisive Tammy Abraham, currently on loan from Rome al Milan, despite the possibility of a return of the player to the Giallorossi, the coach does not believe he will be part of the future of Roma. "I believe that it has already been an honorable contract between Rome e Milan. He was taking on a significant salary which will perhaps allow us to lower the fee that will allow us to operate."