Totti: “I said no to Real Madrid”

The Italian Francesco Tottiformer player of Romeadmitted that he rejected the real Madrid for the shirt of the Romanista team, where he became a legend, and he regretted that the Portuguese did not train him. Jose Mourinhocurrently coach of ‘gianlorossi’, whom he considers “the number one”.

“I spent thirty years in Rome. I showed respect to everyone and quit other jobs. I said no real Madrid and others because I wanted that shirt, only that ‘gianlorossa’ shirt that I have inside me,” the former player acknowledged in an interview with the ‘Corriere della Sera’.

“I didn’t like the way my story ended Rome. When you are no longer needed in football, you lose respect. Yes Maldini, Del Piero, Baggio and I’m out of football, that means something, right?” he added.

Tottia regular in the stands of the Olympic Stadium to follow his team, confessed that he wanted to be part of the Roman club again and regretted not getting used to Mourinho, with whom for many years he maintained an exchange of public statements of the highest mutual respect and admiration.

“With a defined role I would like to return. And I would like to Mourinho, he is number one, I respect him a lot. I regret not being able to coach him in my career. Naa Rome They know that if they need me for serious matters I will be happy to help them,” he explained.

Retirement is difficult for the legendary Roman ’10’, who still longs for the footballer’s routine: “I miss everything. The concentrations, the locker room, the shirt, the massage room… This my life. The bar and coffee with my colleagues, the bus ride from Trigoria (sports city) at the stadium. “I miss the routine that marked my life for decades.”

“When everything ended, the days were empty. Afterwards I felt alone. Something that I liked, which is my life, ended. But I didn’t think it would be so painful to stop that planned life, the passion that was in mind I could continue living. I did not accept the separation of football,” he revealed.

Known as ‘Er Pupone’, TottI ended his career as a soccer player with a conflict with his coach, a Luciano Spalletti who now manages the Italian team and had a great friendship with him from the beginning.

“If I saw him today, I would congratulate him. I think there is a deep bond between us. I went out to dinner with him once or twice a week. Luciano He is a kind, happy and sincere person. In the last stage, our relationship was conditioned from the outside, especially by the directors of the club, and we no longer understood each other. I also made mistakes, there would have been many more, but I think, if we go back, there will be no more conflicts,” he commented.

“Now Italy You can tell he’s playing more freely, that he’s happy. The results will come, but it is still a difficult phase for Italian football. I just hope we can qualify for the European Championship and the World Cup. “Eight years without participating in the World Cup has been difficult for football lovers,” he said.

Totti He is one of the last pure ’10’, a figure that in the world of football is increasingly rare: “It’s gone. That role is over,” he lashed out.

“They lost because now it’s another football. It’s a different vision, a different way of playing. Now physicality prevails over technique. When I played, there were always one or two players in this position,” he said, before mention that the French Zinedine Zidane He likes it.

“For me, sentimentally, it was Giuseppe Giannini (Roma). But with everything I have to say Zidane. It is complete, it has everything. Everyone is different. Look at me and Del Piero. Equal and opposite. He is faster on the dribble. I determined first, without thinking, instinctively. Each had his own talent that made him, even in the memory of fans, stand out. It’s unique because it’s unrepeatable,” he reflected.