ROME, LINA SOULOUKOU RESIGNS. MILAN, IBRA EXPLAINS HIS ROLE –
Sensational news in Rome: after the dismissal of mister Daniele De Rossi and the protests of the fans, a few minutes ago the resignation of the CEO was announced Lina Souloukou. This is the note from the Giallorossi club:
“AS Roma announces that CEO Lina Souloukou has resigned. We thank Lina for her dedication at a particularly critical time for the Club and wish her all the best in her future professional endeavors. The ownership remains fully focused on the growth and success of Roma, with constant attention to the values that make our team so special.”
Zlatan Ibrahimovicinterviewed by Dazn before the Milan derby, he commented on the delicate moment of the Milananswering the question if something had bothered him in the last few days around his figure: “No, nothing serious. It’s part of the job and the responsibilities, my role doesn’t matter but only Milan matters. I can’t make jokes, because not everyone understands them and then I have to be careful. I’m working. It’s a demanding job, which I like. The important thing is the team and Milan, not me. It’s not a one man show: we work as a team, as a team, for the moment the situation is that we have overcome this moment, we have overcome worse ones and we will overcome this too. I don’t mind what people say about me, I played for 25 years amidst criticism and it continues even now”.
Gianluca Nanitechnical director of Udinese, spoke to the microphone before the match against Roma DAZN: “We support Runjaic in his choices. Up to now he has always made the right choice, we hope this time too. Udinese has always done this job of searching for talent and physicality, to then insert this talent into our context, follow its growth, enhance it. Well done, Pizarro, Touré, Sava. There are several young players. We always try to anticipate the competition, sometimes we are lucky and succeed and sometimes not. Runjaic? When we went for him it was because we were convinced we were making that type of choice, then being first in the standings is not what we asked of him. However, we know that our objective is to reach safety as soon as possible, before last year. We want to play a slightly more offensive type of football and close with some technical aspects of the past. Just as we scout for players, we also do it for coaches. In a match that his team played against Aston Villa he gave a good performance, with very narrow, compact departments. From there we started to follow him and then we signed him. Now is the time for celebrations, but the championship is long.”
PANIONIOS, CHERYSHEV SIGNED. BAYERN MUNICH, DAVIES BETWEEN RENEWAL AND FAREWELL –
Greece in the future of Denis Cheryshev (33). The Russian striker, who remained a free agent after two seasons at Venezia, is expected in Athens on Wednesday to undergo medical tests with Panionios.
In recent days, Cheryshev’s name had been linked to Cosenza, but his long and rich career will not continue in Italy.
Bayern Munich have not yet given up hope of retaining the full-back Alphonso Davies even in the future despite a contract expiring at the end of the season and the sirens coming from Real Madrid who had already tried to bring him to the court of last summer Charles Ancelotti.
As reported by German media, the Bavarian club will hold out until the last minute to renew the contract of the Canadian winger and in the coming weeks will put a new offer on the table to distance Real Madrid, where the imminent renewal of Ferland Mendy and the good performances of Fran Garcia have somewhat cooled the interest in the full-back with the club apparently concentrating more on the search for a centre-back for next season.
“I play for Bayern Munich now and all my focus right now is on this team,” Davies explained after the last league game. “I want to win every game and that’s what I’m thinking about right now, I’m not thinking about anything else other than doing well for Bayern. Regardless of whether I stay or leave at the end of the year I will always carry this club in my heart.”. A final sentence that does not seem to give the fans of the German club much hope for a possible extension.