Reports in Italy suggest that Francesco Totti is creeping ever closer to a return to his beloved Roma in a backroom role, but how much will it cost the Giallorossi to add their legendary former captain to their staff?
According to reports from various outlets over the last week, Roma are discussing the potential return of club legend, Totti. Senior Giallorossi advisor Claudio Ranieri has recently confirmed that there have been talks: “I know the Friedkins are thinking about it, I hope Francesco can truly be useful to Roma as well, because he really is part of Roma,” he said.
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Totti is Roma’s all-time leading appearance maker with 785 outings across all competitions, and is also the club’s all-time leading goalscorer with 307.
Totti spent 25 years in Roma’s first team and had initially moved into a backroom role after hanging up his boots in 2017. He would later resign in 2019 citing disagreements with former co-owner and chair James Pallotta. Totti claimed that he was regularly left out of the club’s decision making.
Totti insisted that he would only return to Roma under a different ownership, which is now the case with the Fridkins at the helm.
Totti was recently seen at the Stadio Olimpico for the first time in several years, and it has been reported that this was at the invitation of Ryan Friedkin.
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How much will Totti earn to return to Roma?
GENOA, ITALY – SEPTEMBER 28: Francesco Totti reacts prior to kick-off in the Serie A TIM match between Genoa CFC and AS Roma at Stadio Luigi Ferraris on September 28, 2023 in Genoa, Italy. (Photo by Simone Arveda/Getty Images)
If Totti’s return to Roma does materialise, it is believed that he will earn an annual salary in the region of €1m according to reports from Calcio e Finanza.
What is more important for Totti, however, is the exact role that he will take on if he does return to the Stadio Olimpico.
There have been suggestions that he could be appointed as a technical director, a hands-on role assisting sporting director Ricky Massara. In that position, Totti would be involved in transfer decisions and negotiations as well as having a close relationship with the first-team coaches and playing staff.
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However, reports on Thursday claim that Totti is prepared to take on more of a consultancy, advisory or ambassadorial position, as long as it leads to a ‘decision-making role’ in the relatively near future.
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