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Florent Ghisolfi, sporting director of Romaduring his long speech during the Social Football Summit 2024, touched on various topics also linked to the present of the capital’s Giallorossi club.
Starting inevitably from the difficulties of the present: “It is not an easy period for us, we must continue to work and drag everyone out of this bad period. Let’s stay positive and work to get out of this difficult time. For me and for the whole club it is a fantastic opportunity to work with Ranieri, he is a gentleman. A different man than the ones we are used to. For me it is an honor to learn a lot from him and grow alongside him. First of all I believe that Ranieri will bring his calm, his serenity and his experience to the club. His incredible career needs no introduction, we believe he is the right person to make improvements in results in the short term, but we also look ahead. It is important not to remain immobile and work on the future, we want to build together with Mister Ranieri because we believe that an Italian figure like him will be useful within the club in the organisation. He is the right person at the right time and all sporting choices will go through Ranieri.”
However, there is also room for impulses towards the future: “The old system we adopted was no longer economically sustainable. It is very difficult to be ready for what we are experiencing, but we must assume our responsibilities and face the situation we are experiencing while still believing in the project. Things can change very quickly , just look at what is happening now at Napoli after they changed four coaches last year. I can’t say that I was ready to face what we are experiencing this season. The positive thing in this situation is the perception that the club is not going well moving badly, we realized that the ownership remains calm, wants to find a situation and is firmly on the project. This gives us confidence. Ranieri called him, it was a decision of the club For the first time in the dressing room we felt his aura, his first speech to the staff was touching. It was the right choice for the club, both in the short and long term. In France we have an expression, he is a delicate gentleman but we feel his temper when he has to make a decision. Every day we wake up and work for our fans, it saddens us to feel the atmosphere of the last few days at the stadium, but we perfectly understand their disappointment and we will try to return to high levels.”
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