Francesco Totti is Roma’s and Italy’s legend. Undisputed leader in his time, he is symbolized with the number 10, which he wore throughout his career. Since his retirement in 2017, the number is not in use, and Roma officials are very careful to whom they will give it to next. Paulo Dybala is surely type of player who could be given the number 10 shirt as he is the star footballer they have lacked since….many years no. New owners have so far been focused on cutting the costs and getting rid of big names, but they now realized they need to spend more in order to advance to the Champions League. 🗣 Francesco #Totti to ‘Sky Sport’: “On Monday, I will meet with #Dybala, I will try to convince him to choose #Roma. We will be in Milan for Eto’o’s game. We will play together and I will give him some advice.”[@AroundJuventus]— Mohamed El Chehaly (@Chehaly) May 20, 2022 Dybala is at he crossroads as he won’t renew his contract with Juventus and will be a free agent come July, so he is negotiating with a lot of clubs, with Inter being the favorite at the moment. But, Roma had entered the race for the player, and apart from coach Jose Mourinho, club’s legend is advocating for his arrival. And his offering a big gift – ’his’ jersey.“I could give Dybala some advice. If it was up to me, I’d give him the Number 10 jersey at Roma, but we’ll have to see if he takes it. Unfortunately it doesn’t depend on me, but let’s see if he wants it, perhaps he wants another number. I would always give Mourinho the 10, as I really like him both as a coach and a person. I would’ve been very happy to work with him, maybe I’ll come out of retirement!” said Totti. From Inter’s tormentor to Juve’s traitor: Times and lives of Paulo DybalaFormer Roma captain was present at the “Match of the heroes of integration”, a charity match organized to fight against all forms of discrimination by Samuel Eto’o and his foundation. He had a chance to talk to Dybala and persuade him to join his boyhood club, but the Argentinian didn’t reveled the exact conversation. “I am happy to be here, I spoke to Samuel beforehand and he’s one of the greats, so I couldn’t miss out. I’d prefer to talk about the event and not my future. Totti is an idol, I am pleased to hear him speak about me with affection. I’m relaxed, tomorrow I’ll go on international duty and we are preparing for a fun match against Italy, then I’ll go on vacation. I don’t know what I’ll do yet. I will try to choose what is best for me” said Dybala. Dybala could not hold it in in his last home match as a Juve player.He will leave the Italian giants on a free transfer after both parties failed to come to an agreement #Dybalapic.twitter.com/aVM8r6iBLk— Ochieng’ Stephen (@soo_ochieng) May 16, 2022 Francesco Totti is famous for his loyalty, as he stayed in Roma throughout his career, and naturally, he supported Kylian Mbappe’s decision. “I can only congratulate him. He stayed at PSG, a team that I support, so good for us. What we want is for the best players in the world, when they’re not at Barca, to go to PSG, or vice versa. If he’s happy, it’s good for football. I would have taken the same decision, to tell you the truth”, he said.
