The midfielder signed with the Giallorossi until 2030: “Here for Gasperini, I like his mentality”. And the father, a former tennis player: “Rome is the right city, when I played at the Foro Italico I saw rivers of people go to the Olimpico”
He presents himself with a smile, the same one who showed off the arrival in Fiumicino two days ago. Neil El Aynaoui today spoke for the first time as a Roma player after the official who arrived last night that binds the Franco-Marocchino to the Giallorossi club until 2030. “What a nice welcome, I did not expect it. I am here to give a hand to bring the Roma back where he deserves. I thank the management for how he managed the negotiation and I can’t wait to work with Gasperini. mentality, “he began to the official channels of the El Aynaoui club. Who also explained the reason for the number 8 shirt: “As a child I lived in Barcelona and cheered for the Catalans, I always loved Iniesta”.
Tennis and football
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And in Spain Neil had ended up because of dad Younes’ fault “. Because Barcelona was the training base of the famous former tennis player, one of the icons of Morocco in the early 2000s. Five titles won, 14th place in the ATP ranking and that infinite challenge (5 and a half hours ended 21-19 in the fifth set) to Andy Roddick in the Australian Open quarterfinals. “But dad never imposed me anything. I played tennis, then he saw that I thought only about football. I was all day with the ball between my feet and left me free to choose as he did with my brothers. But sometimes we still play tennis together”, smiles Neil who was born in Nancy but two years old, to facilitate the workouts and movements of the father, he moved to Gavà. Barcelona. And it is here that the little El Aynaoui shows that he soon became more passionate about the ball than to the ball also thanks to the Barcelona of Messi and Iniesta.
Dad’s advice
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Dad Younes and mom Anne-Sophie still live in Spain. But Rome know her well. The former tennis player, who speaks 7 languages, in an interview with La Stampa, reiterated how the choice for football was more than natural. “From an early age Neil fell in love with football, we lived in a city that lives on football. He watched the videos of the games while his friends watched the movies, he informed himself. He also knows how to play very well at tennis, but football is his passion. Even at home, he does nothing but play with the ball”. Despite the diversity in the two sports, Younes has more than one advice to give to the son: “First of all on what to eat, on what to do to become a great athlete. But above all I told him that his goal must be to win the golden ball. If he does not happen, there is no problem. But to be at peace with himself you must always try to give the best”. Certainly Rome is the right city. “When I was playing at the Foro Italico I saw the crowds who went to the Olimpico – explains the former tennis player -. Among other things my mother is French but of a surname ago De Gublongi: my grandfather emigrated in the 1950s by a village near Vicenza and spoke only Italian. Rome is the right city for him, it is a fantastic city and then you eat well so I will come to see it often”.
Modern midfielder
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A city that El Aynaoui Junior had never seen. “I have never been to Italy – admits Neil-. They told me before leaving that Rome was a fabulous city and it is not a lie: in addition to being an incredible club, this is a wonderful place. They were perfectly right about my destination”. Now we will have to see if Massara will be right on the qualities of the former Lens paid 25 million. “I would describe myself as a modern midfielder, endowed with good resistance and able to play in both half of the field. I am always willing to give my best and I travel many distances with generosity and sacrifice. Before playing in the midfield I played later, so I always had an eye for the goal. There are systems that allow me to enter the area, which I said before, Aynaoui.
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