Rome, Gasperini and the dig at Ranieri: “Now let’s talk about football. Massara? No feeling”

Gasperini: “Ranieri? Let’s go back to talking about football”

Gasperini continued: “I didn’t do anything. Don’t put me on the same level. Inside Trigoria we do football, I hope we do football, it’s where I just try to do football. The other components, the stadium with many fans, those who follow our events, like you. I would like you too to talk about football again. I was pulled in. I don’t want to talk about any other discussions.”

Gasperini: “No feeling with Massara”

Gasperini also spoke about the sporting director Massara: “It’s not that I wasn’t happy with Massara’s work, I wasn’t closed to anyone. He’s a very good person, on the technical aspect we probably weren’t able to have a feeling. But always in a professional sense, never personal. The club will decide if he stays.” And again: “I have always tried to strengthen us up front, because the team is strong. Making such a request didn’t seem extraordinary to me, but common to a new coach who has a certain way of playing. I never vetoed it, I believe that this team just needed to be completed. It was the focal point of my request.”