Yesterday it seemed done for Klopp, the next day all denied. Roma is still there, flipping through names. Between luxury outsiders and old leads, the casting continues. With a very strong foreign track
Roma, smentito Klopp: occhio ad un big straniero e a un Campione del Mondo (Foto: Ansa) – serieanews.com
Strong news bounced around yesterday morning that Klopp would say yes to Roma. Even there was already talk about the budget for the market and the purchases on his list. One of those bombshells that shift the axis of discourse in a matter of hours. But cooling everything down came from his agent, who branded the rumor as untrue. Dry, surgical. End of the movie? Nope.
In this world, all it takes is one tweet, one misplaced sentence, one inflated headline, and suddenly a piece of news is true. The next day it is already false. So no, nothing can be ruled out. But today the feeling is that the German coach, as much as people like him, is not as close as he seemed. Or at least not right away. Roma’s casting, then, is still wide open.
It is endless casting, very hard to follow. It’s been going on for months, changing from week to week. Sometimes from day to day. One day one is close, the next day he is never dealt with. Gasperini, for example. Strong name, heavy resume, but with corners who don’t want him. And that, in Rome, matters. Because here you don’t just sign with the club: you also sign with the piazza. And the piazza, in this case, has already turned up its nose.
Then there are the usual familiar ones: Italiano and Farioli. That Roma is following them is no mystery; contacts have been there for months. But something is evidently not convincing. Or not closing for other reasons. Certainly, two profiles that remain in the background. Sarri? Allegri? We are not aware of them. Ranieri, who at this stage has more say than we think, has not put them on the table. They are not names being considered, at least for now.
L’outsider Espirito Santo e la forte pista Xavi
Now, the last few hours have put other names back into circulation. One is that of Nuno Espirito Santo, Portuguese, international profile, respectable resume. Ambitious project coach. One who, if you convince him, can bring you a lot. But also one who, if the project does not convince him, does not sign even with gold. And this Roma, for now, remains a big “maybe.”
L’outsider Espirito Santo e la forte pista Xavi (AnsaFoto) – serieanews.com
The other name, perhaps the one most liked today, is Xavi Hernandez. The former Barcelona coach is stationary, having recently quit, but he has not stopped studying. And Rome, after all, could be a perfect square for him: hot, hungry, international. With a project to build almost from scratch, just the way those who are used to starting from ideas like it. For the Friedkins, someone like Xavi would give prestige and visibility. To the team, but also to the brand. And that is not a detail.
This is not the first time Xavi Hernandez has been approached by the Giallorossi club, and not only: in the past his name has also been mentioned for Juventus and Como. But in all this there remains only one certainty: at the moment Roma does not have a coach. And the risk is that it will arrive in June still on the high seas. They reason, they call, they evaluate profiles. But every day a detail, a no, a complication pops up. It’s been like this for weeks.
Klopp, perhaps, served more to raise the bar than anything else. And now people are looking elsewhere. Maybe the right name is among those that have already emerged. Or maybe not. But in the meantime, time passes. And Rome, once again, remains waiting. In Trigoria, casting is still on. No one knows when the final episode will be aired.
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