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Francesco Totti; Retiring at end of season

Discussion in 'World Football' started by Henrik 07, May 3, 2017.

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  1. Henrik 07 Gold Member Gold Member

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    Roma's new sporting director Monchi has announced that this will be Francesco Totti's final season as a footballer.

    Totti, 40, is out of contract in the summer and Monchi, who arrived in the Italian capital last month and is the man responsible for agreeing the players' contracts, told a news conference on Wednesday that there is no room on the club's squad next season for the veteran forward.

    "I already knew that he had this agreement with the club [to become a director] and that this was going to be his last year as a player before starting as a director," Monchi said. "Francesco is Roma and I'm going to ask him to be close to me. Even if I can only learn one percent of what he knows, that is already a lot."

    Totti has been with Roma since the age of 13, making his first-team debut in 1993. He has gone on to make almost 800 appearances for the club, becoming their record goal scorer, and he is currently the oldest goal scorer in a UEFA Champions League match, finding the net at the age of 38 and 59 days.

    He seemed set to end his playing career last season when he was out of favour under coach Luciano Spalletti, but a string of inspirational substitute appearances towards the end of the season convinced the club to extend his deal by a year.

    Totti, who won the 2006 World Cup with Italy in Germany, has just four games of the current season to earn another deal, but that now seems unlikely with Monchi confirming that Roma's all-time record appearance maker is approaching the end of his career.

    http://www.espnfc.com/as-roma/story...nd-francesco-totti-to-retire-in-summer-monchi
     
  2. HailHoopy

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    Roma and Serie A will be a strange place without Totti.

    What a player! :shamrock:
     
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  3. ChrisMoh

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    so at sevilla scout guy is at roma now.monchi.hes one of the best.
     
  4. Officer Doofy Come to me, human man Gold Member

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    Totti, Lahm and Alonso all retiring at the end of the season. 3 greats.
     
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  5. Overkill187 Batshitcrazy

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    You don't get that loyalty often these days. a champion, an excellent footballer in his prime, simply a legend.

    Massive respect for Totti.
     
  6. JamesM09

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    Bring him home.
     
  7. TheHolyGoalie

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  8. Henrik 07 Gold Member Gold Member

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    "I do not know" so 'the Roma captain, Francesco Totti, responded to reporters on his alleged farewell to football fields on May 28 at the last round of the championship. Totti spoke on the sidelines of the award ceremony of the soccer world champions A5 Fisdir with the Minister of Sport, Luca Lotti.


    Quote of the Roma captain seems to belie the newly Roma sporting director, Monchi, who in recent days, at a press conference, said that Totti would have finished the year playing career. Monchi added that a basic agreement had been found which, starting from next season, the captain would have been appointed club leader.
    http://www.huffingtonpost.it/2017/0...io-al-calcio-lascio-questanno-non_a_22079603/
     
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    Roma manager seems an absolute * who's bitter that Totti is more revered and respected by the fans than he'll ever be.
     
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    Legend!!!!
     
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    I thought he retired years ago .........:84: :52:
     
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  13. aliceinsound

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    I hope he keeps on playing if roma don't want him, from what I've seen this season hes still a quality player.
     
  14. hakumeikirameki

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    The word legend gets thrown around too often these days, but I think he deserves it. A great player, showed fantastic loyalty and commitment to his team, and will be sorely missed by those of us like myself who could never lure him away from Roma in Champ' Manager either. :56:
     
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    I signed him either 01 or 02?? champ manager for Barca , him montella,rivaldo and Eduardo (the nutter brazilian) was my strike force in my game wa my mate he was Real ,we put some hours into that remember I threw the last game of the 1st season against valencia so my mate finished 3rd lol
     
  16. Henrik 07 Gold Member Gold Member

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    Totti confirms Sunday will be his last game
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  17. Mr Shelby Moderator Moderator Gold Member

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    End of an era. Truly.
     
  18. PaulM1888 Moderator Moderator Gold Member

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    I'd say that suggests the opposite personally.
     
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  19. Officer Doofy Come to me, human man Gold Member

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    Last game for Roma but by what he said there, not his last game in football.
     
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