New Roma: Gian Piero Gasperini jokes about Paulo Dybala and Jadon Sancho
Gian Piero Gasperini’s Roma now know their fate in the Europa League, but they are also preparing for the trip to Pisa and to complete the roster in these last days of the soccer market. All topics addressed by the Grugliasco coach in Friday’s press conference, complete with jokes about Artem Dovbyk but especially Paulo Dybala and the eternal soccer market target Jadon Sancho.
“Our attack against Pisa will consist of Ferguson, Dovbyk, Dybala, El Shaarawy, Baldanzi and Soulé. Plus Arena, who will be aggregated from the Primavera and who intrigued me in training – said Gasperini – First of all there’is Roma, then Dybala can be an added value if he is in excellent condition. We can’t have disorienting players for the team, we have to take the field with strength and identity regardless of individuals. He then has his own characteristics, but he will also help defensively with his qualities. In the areas of his competence he has to be of help, like everyone”.
Regarding the expected response from Sancho, Gasperini joked: “You call him. Joking aside, you already know everything. I don’t know what the current margins are, but as Roma we must never beg anyone. That goes for everyone, even for him who represents a possibility for us. But we are also a possibility for him, and if he does not think this way he will stay where he’s now”.
In attack, on the other hand, Gasperini could relaunch Dovbyk: “With me he has been positive and has always been very committed. I do not have to make any remarks to him, and tomorrow I expect a lot of energy from him to help the team toward the result we expect to get”.
Cannot miss a comment on his Roma’s Europa League round. “It is nice and tough, we will have to battle from the start. Lille and Stuttgart are among the strongest in the competition, and playing against Midtjylland is always complicated. Then on the road we only have good challenges, we will have to sweat it out. Also because the formula is street, and the round is not for everyone equal” noted Gasperini.
