Roma, Daniele De Rossi adamant about Rick Karsdorp’s future

The future of Rick Karsdorp è away from Roma

The press conference in which Daniele De Rossi presented, from his Roma perspective, Sunday’s match against Empoli was not only an opportunity to review the last days in Trigoria lived on an emotional roller coaster over the Dybala issue, but also a moment to say goodbye for good to a player who has been part of the Giallorossi roster for the last seven years (excluding a parenthesis on loan in 2019/20), Rick Karsdorp.

The Dutchman, in fact, is no longer part of the Giallorossi’s technical project, as confirmed by the Roma coach himself: "I communicated to the club that he would not be part of my plans,” De Rossi said in front of reporters. “The managers have agreed to my request, for the rest they will see how to proceed".

"Whyé did I decide to give him up? For different reasons, there would have been no room for him and I hope so much he finds it elsewhere, becauseé off the field for me è a friend – added the Roma coach -. The decision was not easy, è it came after evaluating small tactical and technical" factors.

Karsdorp therefore leaves Roma shortly after starting what would have been his seventh season in the Giallorossi. Arriving from Feyenoord in the summer of 2017, he played two years at the Giallorossi before returning to Rotterdam on loan in 2019/20, the year plagued by Covid. Back in the capital he è earned his space especially with José Mourinho, winning the Conference League in 2022. At 29, he must now look for another club; next week will be decisive in defining his future.