Santiago Sabatini, son of long-time executive Walter Sabatinispoke to TV Play of the latest news from the Roma house, ending up bringing the parent into the discussion too.
If you were to call Ranieri, for example, what would dad Walter do? This is what they ask Sabatini junior, who doesn’t seem to have any major doubts: “Obviously, he wouldn’t even think twice and accept the job. His biggest feeling “against” Roma since he left was the jealousy of not have Roma. He wanted to stay in the club, he didn’t want to see others make mistakes. I told dad that if there was a small percentage for a return to Roma, he has to get fit.”
And again: “My dad lived at Roma when I was little. I always hoped to see him again in his office. I would like to see him in my team, the way he thinks, the way he reasons. At Roma he had become a sort of robot. He was the club’s sporting director , he was no longer Walter Sabatini. He never went to sleep. He was just the Roma director. He thought about who to hire, about the training sessions, about the boys, he had to call Frattesi to tell him that he would become the best in Serie A, he had to put in. the clause there… Practically in that period I didn’t experience dad. That’s why I would like to see him in that context now, to experience him better.”
He then concludes on Walter Sabatini’s favorite move as Roma manager: “I’m telling you the truth, the version changes a little every time. It depends on the context. He often says Dzeko, because of the operation. He didn’t see the joy it brought him to do Dzeko and see all those happy people at the airport. for no one else. He is also very close to Marquinos. A good intuition. He always teaches me that I have to listen to people. In that case, Beccaccioli had seen some videos, he went up to his office and told him to take a look at Marquinos. He trusted, he saw those images in which he made a recovery of 30-40 meters. Then he left for Brazil and went to get him.”