José Mourinho announced this Saturday the total divorce between Roma and Nicolò Zaniolo, forcing his departure from the Capitoline team a few days after the winter market closed on Tuesday.
The case of Zaniolo gives a lot of himself before the deadline for making transfers. The attacker, who has been targeted by Milan and Bournemouth, wants to leave, but Roma will not let him go unless a good offer comes along.
Mourinho, despite everything, stated last week that he hoped to have his services until the end of the season, but he changed his opinion when he saw the behavior of his player in recent days.
“Unfortunately, what I said after the game against Spezia seems to be coming true. I expected him to stay, but now I would add ‘unfortunately’,” Mourinho emphatically told a press conference.
Zaniolo, not summoned
“Why unfortunately? He’s been saying for a month that he wants to leave. If someone always tells everyone that he doesn’t want to wear a Roma shirt, I have to say ‘unfortunately’. Ideally, the player is happy, but now I’m saying it again Zaniolo is not available, we are focused on the game and my attention is focused on the players who will be there. This is not the case of Zaniolo, he will not be part of the Napoli project”, added Mourinho.
Tuesday is the last day for Zaniolo to leave Rome. Otherwise, he will have to stay in Italy until the end of the season. He has missed two consecutive games and on Sunday will add his third absence.
Give Naples a champion
For his part, Mourinho ensured that the ‘scudetto’ already has an owner, a Naples that, however, for the coach of Roma, does not have any player of the level of Argentine Paulo Dybala.
“I say they deserve to win the championship. Congratulations. They are a very good team, with a very good coach. They are 12 points behind, there is no team that scares them. The Scudetto is theirs”, declared the Portuguese coach despite the fact that This weekend the first day of the second round of Serie A will take place.
Mourinho once again praised the ‘Jewel’ Dybala, who he defends whenever he gets the chance: “There is no Napoli player, however, like Dybala. Although there are many good ones. I want to get Kim Min-Jae (Naples center back ) when he trained Tottenham”, he revealed.
He denied that he wanted to return to Chelsea
After rumors in recent times of his desire to return to Chelsea. Mourinho said about his future: “I don’t know, I want to live every day. When the club wants to talk to me, I’m here, always. I think about Roma and only Roma, not my future. “
Source: La Verdad
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