Daniele De Rossi is glad that Gian Piero Gasperini is taking up Roma and feels remorse PSG coach Luis Enrique didn’t last more with the Giallorossi. ‘He was a mentor to me.’
The previous midfielder began the season on the Roma bench, solely to be sacked just a few weeks into the marketing campaign for Ivan Juric, who in flip was fired to herald Claudio Ranieri.
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Now the Giallorossi will begin afresh as soon as extra , who has left Atalanta after 9 exceptional years.
GENOA, ITALY – MAY 17: Gian Piero Gasperini, head coach of Atalanta, greets the gang previous to kick-off within the Serie A match between Genoa and Atalanta at Stadio Luigi Ferraris on Might 17, 2025 in Genoa, Italy. (Photograph by Simone Arveda/Getty Pictures)
“If folks begin doubting somebody like Gasperini, then we will now not even discuss soccer,”
“With the assets at his disposal, he did unimaginable issues. I hope someday to face him as an opponent.”
Luis Enrique was ‘a mentor’ to De Rossi at Roma
MUNICH, GERMANY – NOVEMBER 25: Luis Enrique, head coach of PSG seems on through the UEFA Champions League 2024/25 League Section MD5 coaching session at Soccer Area Munich on November 25, 2024 in Munich, Germany. (Photograph by Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Pictures)
De Rossi is in Munich to look at
Luis Enrique speaks Italian and has expertise of Serie A because of his 12 months because the coach of Roma, the place a sure midfielder referred to as De Rossi was within the squad.
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“His power is his credibility. He believes in his concepts, each soccer and human, and cares an amazing deal that totally different roles are revered,” defined the Italian.
“He’s maybe the coach who impressed me probably the most in my profession. We acquired to know one another slowly, I needed to spend that summer time in Rome as a result of I’d simply had surgical procedure on my ear, and so I acquired to see he was all the time on the coaching floor.
“We acquired to speak and he would inform me his philosophy of the Barcelona B workforce. He insisted age was not vital, the one issues that matter are concepts.”
That have solely lasted for one season in 2011-12 and was Luis Enrique’s first senior administration job after leaving the Barcelona youth academy.
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“I do consider that was a sliding doorways second for Roma, as a result of if he’d stayed, I’m satisfied we might’ve had an fascinating journey collectively,” added De Rossi.
UDINE, ITALY – APRIL 25: Daniele De Rossi head coach of AS Roma through the Serie A TIM match between Udinese Calcio and AS Roma at Dacia Area on April 25, 2024 in Udine, Italy. (Photograph by Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Pictures)
In relation to tonight’s Ultimate, there’s some awkwardness for the 2006 World Cup winner, particularly with so many former Serie A figures within the PSG squad.
“I’m happy to see so many acquainted faces, together with Gigio Donnarumma and Marquinhos, though they have been virtually infants after I knew them. I like Simone Inzaghi, whereas Luis Enrique was a mentor to me.”
So who’s De Rossi cheering on this night in Munich?
“I’m a bit torn, as I’ve associates on either side.”