Claudio Ranieri has admitted Roma could must half methods with Paulo Dybala and Lorenzo Pellegrini because the membership look to scale back their wage invoice according to Monetary Truthful Play rules.
Chatting with Sky Sport, , the senior advisor to the Friedkin possession group outlined Roma’s long-term plans and addressed the futures of two of their highest-profile gamers, each of whom are approaching the ultimate levels of their contracts.
epa11894288 Roma�s Lorenzo Pellegrini (L) greets his group mate Paulo Dybala in the course of the UEFA Europa League soccer match between FC Porto and AS Roma, in Porto, Portugal, 13 February 2025. EPA-EFE/JOSE COELHO
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“For the survival of the membership, we have to decrease the wage invoice, in any other case we are able to’t handle,” Ranieri mentioned.
“It’s not that the membership doesn’t need to [keep them], however now we have to scale back it due to Monetary Truthful Play. Primarily based on what they’ve accomplished on the pitch, what the coach tells us and what their calls for might be, if we are able to discover an settlement then good. In any other case, we’ll shake palms and half methods.”
Ranieri impressed by Friedkins & Gasperini at Roma
Ranieri additionally mentioned Roma’s broader mission below the Friedkins and head coach Gian Piero Gasperini.
“Gasperini is a coach chosen along with the membership. The need is to go as excessive as attainable, however we all know we’re constructing,” he defined.
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“At first of the season I mentioned we’d undergo two troublesome switch home windows. I didn’t count on to see these signings. That exhibits how good Gasperini is, . Vaz was a signing everybody needed.”
He described the working relationship between Gasperini and sporting director Ricky Massara as a stability of contrasting personalities.
“Gasperini hammers everybody, that’s his power. That’s the kind of coach and particular person he’s. Massara could be very considerate, he absorbs loads and tries to do his job. He listens to the coach and understands what he can do. And I’m within the center.”
UDINE, ITALY – FEBRUARY 02: Gian Piero Gasperini, supervisor of AS Roma, reacts in the course of the Serie A match between Udinese Calcio and AS Roma at Stadio Friuli on February 02, 2026 in Udine, Italy. (Photograph by Timothy Rogers/Getty Pictures)
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On the Friedkins’ ambitions, Ranieri made clear the possession have a structured plan for the membership’s development.
“The brand new stadium already exhibits how concerned they’re. They signed a coach on a three-year deal and the request was: we need to attain the Champions League, keep there, after which there would be the 12 months to win the Scudetto. That’s their approach of working. We’re constructing and rising.”