Roma market: the arrival of Gian Piero Gasperini started as early as 2024
Roma soccer market: Gian Piero Gasperini in the Giallorossi is an operation that began earlier than one might have suspected, when his adventure at Atalanta was still in full swing. He himself revealed this, explaining in detail the stages that brought him to the capital in the summer of 2025, which began, however, when it was still 2024.
“Claudio Ranieri began to contact me around December, but everything was still in the embryonic stage – Gasperini said, as read in the ‘Corriere dello Sport’ -. I still did not know exactly what was going to happen in June, but I already imagined that it would be my last year in Bergamo. Already the year before I had had conversations with Napoli, after the Europa League however I suspected I could go even further with Atalanta. The team was really strong”.
Then, however, there was one aspect that convinced him more than others to say yes to the Giallorossi. “The passion, which in Rome is unbelievable – Gasperini explained -At this moment I think it is the most passionate and exciting place in Italy, together with Napoli. And maybe even more, because Napoli has already been able to win. And in places where there’s more hunger for soccer and more desire to get results, the stimuli become even higher”.
In December 2024, when he began his conversations with Roma, Gasperini was leading an’Atalanta that was fresh from winning the Europa League and at the time was undefeated in the Champions League and still in the running to clinch an incredible Serie A Scudetto. “Where the love for the team is deep, visceral, the stimuli are very high. Plus I consider this a good moment for Italian stadiums, which are filling up again as they have in the past”, Gasperini added.
