Rome, Mourinho: “Sergio Oliveira? If they lend it to us, I’ll go and pick it up in Madrid”

That Josè Mourinho wanted Sergio Oliveira was already clear from the interview with Record a few days ago, now the Portuguese has reiterated it. Speaking at the University of Lisbon, the coach returned to the Porto midfielder who has played with Roma for the last six months: “If they want to loan it to us, I’ll go and pick him up personally in Madrid where I know he was celebrating his 30th birthday. . If it comes to buying it, I don’t know if my credit card allows it … It was very important, we share many principles about how to work in football and it helped me to convey this message. It was an example of what we needed it. I’d love it if you stayed, but we’ll see. ” The situation is this: Roma had set the right of redemption with Porto at 13 million, but did not exercise it. There are two options: either to redeem it for seven to eight million, but the Portuguese club also doesn’t want to because the boy likes Valencia, or to extend the loan for a year and perhaps fix the compulsory redemption after a certain number of appearances.

REALIST

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Of course, Mourinho cares, but he knows that the Roma transfer market will inevitably be conditioned by the balance sheet: “It was much easier when, for example, I was at Chelsea. I snapped my fingers and the next day the player was there. But this one. situation is interesting, it is good, it also helps us to think not only about the finished product, but also about the product that is about to be finished and to invest in it. a few months, they play a European final and are called up for the national team. It’s gratifying. That’s why I say that my career is long, long, long and full of different experiences. This club profile and this project profile enrich my experiences. ” .

THE RELATIONSHIP WITH ROME

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Also thanks to a clear and direct relationship with the owners and Tiago Pinto: “No one has ever lied to me, no one has deceived me, no one has promised me that I would have had so many zeros to be able to invest. So far all they have promised me is I hope that in the other two years of the contract, the promises will continue to be kept to go in the direction of evolution. Not in the direction of the titles, of winning this or that, but in the direction of making Roma a bigger club and bring it closer to those who win more often in Italy. If they tell me that I have a different story and why am I there? I’m there because I like it and it’s important to be in the places we like to be “. This is the greatest guarantee for the Roma fans.