Ferrero writes to the Friedkins: “14 years of success at Sampdoria. I’m coming to New York, let’s save Roma”

Massimo Ferreroformer president of Sampdoria but notoriously a Roma fan, entrusted to LaPresse an open letter addressed to the Friedkin family, the owners of Roma: “Dear Friedkin, Roma must be refounded. Stop patching up and throwing money at this team, at the club. I have gone against all of Sampdoria because since I was a child I have lived and supported Roma. That of Di Bartolomei, of Liedholm, I grew up in the Roma corner, my heart beats yellow and red. But today I’m very pissed off, because dear president Friedkin we are very happy that you have come to invest in Roma, but we are sorry because he is obviously surrounded by bad advisors. Roma must be refounded. You didn’t spend 100 million, you threw it away because you have people around you who perhaps don’t know much about this football.

Roma is not a European parliament, it cannot be managed by foreign directors, such as Monchi or Ghisolfi, who do not know the Romanist world. Football must be followed closely. Let’s form the new Rome government, stop throwing money away. No more foreign sports directors like Monchi and Ghisolfi. With all the excellence we have, do we necessarily have to hurt ourselves by hiring people who have made us waste money? We are not the UN, we are Rome. You, president, who must be respected for how much money you put into Roma, cannot come and be an American in Rome. I don’t want money and I’m not looking for work, I just want him to give us a dream.

I spent 14 years at Sampdoria with crazy results. Football is love, passion. Do you want the stadium sold out? Give us football. Today he only gave us the ball, balls and balls, and it wasn’t his fault. I’m 74 years old, I don’t want money, I want to give a dream to all my wolf cubs. We are Romans, Romanists, and we love Rome, if you take advice with less money and more love, you will live every day with great satisfaction. I would like to meet you, dear President Friedkin: for the love of Roma I will also take the first flight and come to New York: let’s save Roma”.