José Mourinho has urged the Friedkin family to raise the bar to compete for loftier goals after the success in the European Conference League. The ownership is ready to continue pouring in major resources to bolster the squad.
Roma celebrated the victory in style with a parade yesterday. It was their first trophy in 14 years. The club will try to ride the enthusiasm and shoot for a Champions League berth next season. The American tycoons invested €350M in the last two years, and the Special One asked to keep them coming.
The Giallorossi will seek to pull off at least one top-notch acquisition per role in the summer, La Repubblica informs. This season proved that they have a strong core to build on, but they need reinforcements to be more competitive. Dan and Ryan Friedkin used to guide the team from afar, but they were on the bench next to Mourinho in Tirana and on the bus during the festivities.
The Portuguese gaffer is pushing to make an effort to onboard some free agents, such as Nemanja Matic, Paulo Dybala, Federico Bernardeschi, and Ivan Perisic. Nicolò Zaniolo has not looked like a goner as of late. According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, the top targets will be Douglas Luiz, Marcos Senesi and Gonçalo Guedes. Instead, Granit Xhaka and Giacomo Raspadori are long-shots, Corriere della Sera relays.
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Mourinho is the master of mind games, and he was quick, maybe even excessively so, in putting pressure on the Friedkin family, considering that they were the top spenders in Serie A last year. The Giallorossi are not far off from concretely vying for a top-four finish, but their roster was too shallow and top-heavy in 2021-2022. A strong summer could remedy that.