AS Roma: February 2013

Marco Sau To Roma ?

According to Corriere dello Sport, Cagliari forward Marco Sau has caught the attention of Roma, in light of the players great season with the Isolani.

The 25-year-old has been a revelation for the Sardinian club since rejoining the club from a loan spell at Juve Stabia last season.

Despite not starting the season as a regular starter, Sau has managed to score 11 goals in 22 Serie A matches.

His performances are being monitored by Roma, however, Cagliari value the player at around €12 million which is seen as an excessive amount by the Giallorossi.

As a result, Roma are said to be more

AS Roma will have a fight on their hands this summer to hold onto Erik Lamela, who has been targeted by Manchester United, according to the Italian press.

Italian newspaper Corriere dello Sport report that the Premier League leaders have identified the Argentine attacking midfielder as a primary target for the summer transfer window, and are ready to lodge a bid in the region of €35 million for his services.

Lamela, who joined the Giallorossi for €12 million in the summer of 2011, has reportedly been tracked by Alex Ferguson and his scouts

According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, Manchester City target Marquinhos has made it clear that he has no intention of leaving Roma any time soon as he is happy with life at his current club.

The 18-year-old defender has become an important player at the Serie A side club since arriving from Corinthians in the summer of 2012.

Marquinhos has been linked with a number of top European clubs in recent months, such as City and Real Madrid, but has now made it clear he is happy to stay with the Giallorossi for now.

"Everything is happening very fast

According to Il Tempo, Roma have issued a March 14 deadline to an Italy-based sheikh who has proposed a reported €100m investment in the Serie A club.

The capital city outfit confirmed last week that a preliminary agreement had been reached with Sheikh Adnan Adel Aref al Qaddumi al Shtewi and his company, NEEP Roma Holding SpA, to enter the club "directly or indirectly".

Roma are currently owned by Italian-American company DiBenedetto AS Roma LLC, headed by James Pallotta, who is expected to continue as president even if Al Qaddumi purchases a significant percentage of

According to Rai Sport, Roma coach Aurelio Andreazzoli was pleased to see his side pick up a win in tough playing conditions as the Giallorossi secured a 3-2 victory over Atalanta in the snow on Sunday.

The Giallorossi were coming off an impressive win over Juventus last week and Andreazzoli hopes their willingness to battle

Atalanta lost 3-2 to Roma at the Stadio Atleti Azzurri d’Italia on Sunday afternoon.

A first half double from Livaja wasn’t enough for Atalanta to take any points, with Marquinho

According to Roma’s official website, midfielder Alessandro Florenzi has revealed the happiness and pride he feels whilst playing for his favourite club.

Florenzi, who is from Rome, is a product of the Giallorossi’s youth academy and has played an important role for the team this season.

The 21-year-old talked about how proud he is to be a member of the club, and also mentioned the strengths and weaknesses of his game.

“Wearing this shirt is a source of great pride for me,” the Italian international said.

“Perhaps my eagerness to do well for the

AS Roma defender Nicolas Burdisso has underlined that his Roma side must build on their 1-0 win over Juventus last weekend.

The Giallorossi have had a topsy-turvy campaign and the triumph over the Old Lady was their first after six games without a victory.

“The Juventus game needs to be a point of departure for us,” stated the Argentine international to Sky Sport Italia.

“We need to add a bit of consistency to our results. If we don’t do that then the win against Juventus will have no sense.

“We can’t afford to stop now.”

Márcio Rafael Ferreira de Souza, commonly known as Rafinha.

According to Corriere dello Sport reports, Bayern Munich’s Rafinha has fuelled speculation that he could be on his way to Roma in the summer.

The Brazilian full-back moved to the Allianz Arena from Genoa in the summer of 2011 for a fee of €5.5 million, but there have been rumours circulating indicating he could be on his way back to Serie A.

“Roma have a very good squad, which was demonstrated against Juventus,”

“Francesco Totti is a legend.”

“Me moving to the Giallorossi? Roma is a fantastic city. I read that I want to move there, but I am fine with Bayern.”

Maarten Stekelenburg has spoken of the difference Sunday’s victory over Juventus has had on himself and the squad.

“There have been some difficult times, but we can get over them. Everything is now returning to normal after the win,” Stekelenburg told Dutch daily newspaper De Telegraaf.

“Confidence is certainly growing after our game with Juventus.”

“I saved a free-kick from Andrea Pirlo that I was pleased with. It felt like one of those games where nothing was going to get past me.”

After a reported failed transfer to Fulham

Roma's American owners are soon to be joined by a 'top secret' Jordanian businessman, according to reports from Italy.

Il Tempo report that the mystery businessman was born in Jordan and has ties to the Jordanian royal family, and has made a number of investments in Italy.

All that Il Tempo know of the individual's name is that his initials are A.A.A.Q. They add that he has already met the team director Baldini twice and that he was

According to The Daily Telegraph, Roma are preparing to offer Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini £4.5m-a-year to tempt him to return to Serie A.

The paper’s Mark Ogden believes that the Italian supremo is living increasingly on borrowed time and that the 12 point lead taken by rivals Manchester United is an issue so serious that it cannot be papered over with by an FA Cup run or even the securing of that trophy.

Is this speculation valid, or just the work of an over zealous journo? Well it might be the latter. Zdenek Zeman was indeed fired by Roma and Aurelio

According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, Carlo Ancelotti could be set for his dream job with Roma reportedly set to offer the PSG coach the current vacancy.

Ancelotti enjoyed eight successful years with Roma as a player, and has made no secret of his desire to manage the Giallorossi at some point in his career.

Roma stopped their rot with an impressive 1-0 victory over Juventus on Saturday. Despite the win, interim boss Aurelio Andreazzoli is unlikely to be offered the full-time position.

Some reports suggest that Roma director Franco Baldini has contacted Ancelotti about the vacancy. Whether Ancelotti will want to leave the allure of Paris is yet to

Roma icon Francesco Totti moved to the verge of becoming the second-highest goalscorer of all-time in Serie A on Saturday evening.

Totti scored the only goal of the game as his beloved Roma defeated Juventus 1-0 in Serie A, and in so doing notched his 224th goal in the Italian top flight.

That puts the 36-year-old just one goal behind former AC Milan and Roma hitman Gunnar Nordahl, who bagged 225 between 1948 and 1958.

Top spot on the list is held by Silvio Piola, who has 274 goals to his name, after spells with Pro Vercelli, Lazio, Torino, Juventus and Novara between 1929 and

AS Roma defender Marquinho has insisted he is "pleased" under new manager Aurelio Andreazzoli.

The Brazilian midfielder had been on the verge of joining Grêmio during the January transfer window, but the two clubs failed to agree on a transfer fee.

Therefore, Marquinho has remained with the Giallorossi and saw coach Zdenek Zeman sacked two weeks ago, but the 26-year-old has revealed he is happy with the

Totti's celebration at Roma - Juventus game.

Four days after shattering Celtic’s Champions League hopes, Juventus were brought back to earth by AS Roma.

Veteran striker Francesco Totti scored a stunning long-range goal just before the hour mark to sink the Serie A leaders 1-0 at the Olympic Stadium in Rome.

The Roma captain ran on to a

This match will however feature Serie A’s two best attacks, so long as we allow the three goals awarded to Roma by the league for the forfeited match away to Cagliari.

Those two facts are somewhat typical of a Zeman-led team and it remains to be seen what identity Saturday’s opponents will adopt under the leadership of former Roma assistant Aurelio

According to El Mercurio, Malaga manager Manuel Pellegrini “had an offer from Roma, but we declined it outright” just two weeks ago, revealed his agent Jesus Martinez.

The Giallorossi sacked Zdenek Zeman on February 2 and promoted Aurelio Andreazzoli from the staff as head Coach.

“Less than 15 days ago we had an offer from Roma, but we declined outright,”

“We said no because we are midway through the season. Chelsea and other clubs have asked, but nothing else official has

Rumors circulating in the Italian media suggest that Roma will target Cagliari midfielder Radja Nainggolan in the summer.

Calcio News maintain that the capital club will join Napoli in the quest for the Belgian international’s services.

The Partenopei have allegedly been in the process of preparing a €12 million bid for Nainggolan throughout February as they look to bolster their midfield when the transfer window opens again.

However, the Italian website revealed Thursday that the Giallorossi will provide competition in lodging a

According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini could kickstart his summer business with a swoop for Erik Lamela after personally scouting the Roma star on Sunday.

The Italian was in attendance at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris last weekend as he watched his ex- club Sampdoria beat Roma 3-1.

Lamela, the Argentina international, scored the

AS Roma CEO Italo Zanzi has discussed his club’s plans for a new stadium today, insisting to Il Romanista that it is a ‘serious’ project.

The Giallorossi hope to soon receive the go-ahead to build their new 60,000 capacity stadium that they hope to have ready for 2016 and he believes it will re-energise the side.

“The new stadium is a serious project and is an important one

Osvaldo, Totti and Perotta celebrating a goal.

The striker was the object of protests by a group of fans at the gates of the Centro Sportivo: his car was damaged.

The owner commented on the problems the team were going through: "Baldini and Sabatini have nothing to do with this."

Osvaldo's bad patch doesn't look like it's ever going to end. His

Milan boss Massimiliano Allegri is reportedly at the top of Roma’s wish-list as they search for a new tactician.

Although the Rossoneri have repeatedly insisted that the Coach will remain until his contract expire in June 2014, Allegri’s future is still unclear.

According to the Gazzetta dello Sport, Roma’s directors are thinking about making him an offer ahead of 2013-14.

The Giallorossi are looking for a new tactician given that Aurelio Andreazzoli is only seen as a caretaker until the end of the campaign.

Roma have had their coaching problems

According to Corriere dello Sport, Roma will consider selling Pablo Daniel Osvaldo at the end of the campaign.

Although the striker has scored 11 goals in 18 League games this term, the Giallorossi will allegedly listen to offers for the 27-year-old.

Osvaldo is a controversial player who has had issues in the capital since his arrival from Espanyol in 2011.

The former Fiorentina player has had his discipline problems at times and courted controversy at the weekend.

Osvaldo was strongly criticised by fans for opting to take the penalty against

Delio Rossi showing middle finger to Nicolas Burdisso.

Roma midfielder Daniele De Rossi has lashed out at Sampdoria coach Delio Rossi following the capital club’s 3-1 loss on Sunday.

Rossi was seen giving the middle finger to Roma players as time wound down at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris during the fiery match.

Sampdoria defeated Roma 3-1 at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris on Sunday afternoon in Serie A.

Gianluca Sansone, Mauro Icardi and Marcelo Estigarribia sealed Delio Rossi’s side victory with a

Sampdoria face a tricky game against Roma at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris on Sunday afternoon.

The Blucerchiati go into the game on the back of a stubborn 0-0 draw away to Torino.

According to Roma Channel, Bogdan Lobont has revealed the reason why he rejected the opportunity to leave Roma for Chievo last month.

The Flying Donkeys were on the look-out for a new goalkeeper given that they eventually sold Stefano Sorrentino to Palermo.

“Things were not going well for Roma, it was a delicate time and I decided to decline the offer,”

“I didn’t want to leave the ship in such difficult moments.”

“I’ve got to know a lot of people here at Roma who helped me during some really hard spells during my career.”

Roma legend Giuseppe Giannini thinks he should have been considered as a replacement for Zdenek Zeman.

The latter was axed last week and the club have subsequently opted to appoint assistant Aurelio Andreazzoli, who has been at the club since 2005, in his place. He’ll be aided by Roberto Muzzi.

“I’m disappointed,” Giannini told Centro Suono Sport. “It seems that the less you have to do with the history of Roma, the more you are considered.”

“With all due respect for the likes of Muzzi and Christian Panucci, why is my name never taken into account? I just want one reason.”

According to Corriere dello Sport, Eintracht Frankfurt defender Sebastian Jung has publicly stated his desire to join Roma this summer after months of speculation.

It seems that Jung finally wants to join the Romanisti who he has been linked with, as well as Inter, since last summer.

“I am now ready to join Roma because it is a team I want to play for and also a city which fascinates me,” said the 22-year-old.

“I have already given my approval to this deal as it is one that I want.”

“However, I do know that there are other

AS Roma caretaker coach Aurelio Andreazzoli has underlined his philosophy that football is about the players rather than tactical systems.

The new boss was promoted from his role as technical coach after Zdenek Zeman was sacked on Saturday, having worked with the Giallorossi through the reigns of Luciano Spalletti, Vincenzo Montella, Luis Enrique, and of course the deposed Zeman.

“The players count 100%,

Fabio Capello’s assistant Christian Panucci has revealed he “was asked if I was prepared to come back to Roma” as their new Coach.

The Giallorossi sacked Zdenek Zeman on Saturday and promoted technical coach Aurelio Andreazzoli, but it is not clear whether he has the reins to the end of the season.

“There was a phone call. I was asked if I was prepared to come back to Roma,” Panucci told the Corriere dello Sport.

A former defender, he is currently working as Capello’s assistant for the Russian national team. He played for the Giallorossi from 2001 to 2009.

Gremio President Fabio Koff has admitted that the Brazilian club are keen to sign Roma midfielder Marquinho.

The 26-year-old has been a perennial substitute for the Giallorossi this season since his summer arrival from Fluminense.

And the Porto Allegre side's chief has insisted that they will do all they can to lure the playmaker back to his homeland.

“We will not give up on getting Marquinho,” he told Radio

Luciano Spalletti believes his former assistant manager Aurelio Andreazzoli is “the right man” to take over Roma from Zdenek Zeman.

Andreazzoli was a surprise appointment after Zeman was sacked on Saturday, promoting him from the role of technical coach.

“I consider it a very intelligent choice. He knows Roma well and has lived in the city for eight years,” Spalletti told Sky Sport Italia.

“He has the spirit of a Romanista and by sitting in the background over all these years he was able to gain experience, forming his own ideas. He can be the right

According to the Corriere dello Sport, AS Roma director Walter Sabatini has urged the club's fans to stay behind the team in the wake of Zdenek Zeman's sacking as coach.

The Czech was relieved of his position after Friday's 4-2 defeat to Cagliari, the culmination of a terrible run that has seen Roma pick up only two points in the five games since the mid-season break and fall to eighth in Serie A.

Fans had gathered in the rain and were directing abuse at the director of football and leading club officials such as general manager Franco Baldini, accusing them of being fans

It is now official, Roma have sacked Coach Zdenek Zeman after last night’s 4-2 home defeat to Cagliari and handed the reins temporarily to Aurelio Andreazzoli.

Andreazzoli is a 59-year-old technique coach who has worked with Luciano Spalletti, Vincenzo Montella, Luis Enrique and Zeman.

The decision was made following three hours of crisis talks this morning between a set of Giallorossi directors including Franco Baldini, Walter Sabatini and Italo Zanzi.

Cagliari have claimed an impressive 4-2 win away to Roma, increasing the pressure on the capital club's head coach Zdenek Zeman.

The visitors tore Roma apart at the Stadio Olimpico with Marco Sau the star for Cagliari, setting up Radja Nainggolan's opening goal and scoring his team's third.

Friday night football comes from the Stadio Olimpico as Roma aims to get back on track when they host a Cagliari side which comes with renewed confidence in recent form as well as a decent record against Roma.

Roma have had a troubling week and their poor league form has seen them dropped to eight spot

Social Icons

Pages

Feedjit

Total Pageviews

Last 7 days Popular Posts

Blog Archive

About Me

Roma - Parma

Categories

Translate

All time Popular Posts

FRIENDS

Followers