THE WOLF'S DEN - Tana dei Lupi II

[AlCapone]

Italiamia, I bet you want to see some more of this:

"I apologise to Juve general manager Luciano Moggi, but I have an agreement with Josep Guardiola. He will play for us," boomed Sensi, whose dislike of the Turin club runs deep.

"I am also confident of buying Edgar Davids for £12 million," he said, in response to Moggi's earlier comments that the Dutchman was only available for £25 million. "This is a personal battle between the two of us," Sensi added.


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Franco Sensi has launched a bitter war of words with Juventus director Luciano Moggi as Roma’s bid for Edgar Davids continues.

“We still have interest for the Dutchman,” confirmed President Sensi (pictured), “but someone is trying to be clever and I’m not putting up with it.”

The Giallorossi patron has a long-standing feud with Juventus transfer guru Moggi, a battle that earned a new chapter this evening.

“I will only negotiate with fellow director Antonio Giraudo, not Moggi. My offer has always been clear: £6m plus Francisco Lima. Nothing more.”


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Roma chairman Franco Sensi officially announced that Roma won't start the 2002/2003 Serie A if the situation which involves the 8 Serie A clubs who are still seeking pay-TV deals won't be solved.

"It's clear, Roma won't play" Sensi said "and this means that the Serie A can't start. If Roma and the 8 teams won't play, there would only be two matches...".

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2002/03

“Roma have discovered the reason behind its troubles,” explained Sensi, “and who inflicted those problems on the club. They are two Serie A teams, Juventus and Milan.”

“Above all else,” added Sensi, “Milan are the main cause. It is not an accident that in this year we find a League President who is not suitable for the task.”


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23/06/2003.
In an interview with a Rome newspaper Baldini compared Moggi to a character of a Russian novel, who looks rather like a devil.

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11/02/2003. Controversial AS Roma president Franco Sensi has suggested that yesterday's 1-1 draw between Milan and Juventus was fixed.

"Yesterday's draw against Milan and Juve? It was programmed and I have nothing else to add," he said.

He then answered to Antonio Giraudo after the accusations of administrative doping: "The benefits that Juve has had this year and in the other years are scandalous. Roma has never had anything and will act like a serious club."
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“Capello acted in the same way he always had,” noted the Giallorossi chief. “Two years ago I renewed his contract with the highest wages in Serie A, then he got someone to sign a clearance form and left in the night.

[AlCapone]

Franco Baldini from January 2005,

Andrebbe alla Lazio?
«Troppo legato alla Roma».
Alla Juve?
«Al momento per me ci sarebbero troppe controindicazioni».

[Lupa]

Thanks, Al Capone. Ah, the good old days. (well, some of them were!)

Here are the players called up for tomorrow.

1 Bogdan Lobont
3 Paolo Castellini
4 Juan Silveira Dos Santos
5 Philippe Mexès
7 David Pizarro
9 Mirko Vucinic
10 Francesco Totti
11 Rodrigo Ferrante Taddei
16 Daniele De Rossi
17 John Arne Riise
20 Simone Perrotta
22 Marco Borriello
23 Leandro Greco
29 Nicolas Andres Burdisso
30 SimplicioFabio Henrique
32 Donieber Alexander Marangon (DONI)
33 Matteo Brighi
40 tender Alex Pena
77 Marco Cassetti
87 Aleandro Rosi
94 Jeremy Menez

[DavidP]

[Lupa]

Walter Sabatini has confirmed he is in negotiations to be sporting director of Thomas Di Benedetto’s Roma.

“I gave Di Benedetto my availability for the role of sporting director at Roma, but have not as yet signed a contract,” he told Rete24.it.

“I just need to wait for the takeover to be completed.”

Sabatini is a well-known figure in Serie A, as he resigned from Palermo following a row with President Maurizio Zamparini, a decision that paved the way for Coach Delio Rossi’s dismissal.

He then had a verbal agreement to join Sampdoria, but has taken care of that link.

“Before giving the all-clear to Di Benedetto, I had to break off my agreement with Sampdoria.

“It was very difficult, because from the first meetings I realised that I was among important people who have a great professional approach to the sport.

“However, I had to make a different choice when Di Benedetto’s offer came in.”

It is widely reported that American businessman Di Benedetto also held talks with current England general manager Franco Baldini to lead the new Roma.

http://www.football-italia.net/apr02i.html

I have to say that when he left Palermo, I did think Roma should get him and ditch Prade, because Palermo have managed to dig up some useful talent. I guess this means no Baldini, though. I wonder if he didn't make himself available?

[Lupa]

[maro]

Cassetti's not expected to make it, but there was something on forzaroma this morning about his having a fitness test later in the day. I'd be surprised if he makes it and the expectation is that Burdisso will play at right back.

[DavidP]

[RomaShield27]

[AlCapone]

[ASR1927]

That is a good interview with DiBenedetto. He does as you said Ed, "Know his stuff". Also from all of his interviews you get the impression that he gets it. That the passion for AS Roma isn't just about the club it's about the love for the city. The way he talks about the city and how he has grown attached to it and how the Romanisti passion is second to none. Of course the cynic could say it's all lip service but the fact that he knows it's important to say is a good sign. To me anyway. It's the same reason I started following Roma. I was astonished by the passion and all the murals and banners all over Rome after the 2001 scudetto. I fell in love with the city as well. So I am willing to give him the benefit of the doubt.

He is certainly putting together a crack management team! An all Italian management team as well. Was it Sabatini who brought Pastore to Palermo? God to be rid of Prade! Oh the joy.


Question, is UEFA still going through with the rule of teams having to have more "homegrown players"? If so that would explain why Inter has started buying Italian players.

[DavidP]

[ASR1927]

[Lupa]

[RomaShield27]

Was that '6 + 5' scraped by UEFA? Or was it scraped and then un-scraped again? I'm not sure, but if it is happening I don't its for a few more years.

[RomaShield27]

The from the peninsula.

Bonucci and Marchisio are big doubts for the game. With Chiellini already out they could be fecked at the back:
http://www.romanews.eu/2011/04/03/il-te ... in-dubbio/

I see Di Benedetto and gone back to Boston, clearly he's not interested in watching this team and sticking around for the game tonight. Some fan he is. Thats it, deals off.

Il Romanista are expecting great things of Menez tonight:
http://www.romagiallorossa.it/primo-pia ... sione.html

Also expecting a big crowd and a 'return of enthusiasm' in the Olimpico what with all thats being going on:
http://www.forzaroma.info/rassegna-stam ... mpico.html

[maro]

Are you not going to translate those pieces? Lazy fuck.

[DavidP]

[maro]

Well, he's picked up a bit of English from somewhere; every time he uses English he's implicitly acknowledging Ireland's status as a lesser part of Britain.

[RomaShield27]

Well, the Queens english is the only way to communicate with you soulless minions of orthodoxy from nations without your own national language. If you like, I can change the default language of the forums to Irish so we can all talk that way.