Schick: ‘No Juventus regrets’

By Football Italia staff

Roma striker Patrik Schick has “no misgivings” about his aborted transfer to Juventus last summer.

The Czech international was all-set to sign for the Bianconeri from Sampdoria, and had a medical during the Under-21 European Championships.

However, the tests picked up a heart inflammation and the deal was cancelled, with the youngster eventually moving to the Giallorossi in a deal worth up to €42m.

“Do I wonder what might have been? No, I’ve already closed it out,” Schick told Lidovky in his homeland.

“I never looked back at it, it wouldn’t be worth it. I was glad to move to Roma and I had no misgivings that Juventus didn’t work out.

“After the first round of medicals I knew there was a heart problem. They told me right away.

“That’s why I told you: ‘it’s not clear, we have to wait for the results to come’. I already knew there was something wrong, I had to do extra things which weren’t standard.”

In his first season in Rome, Schick scored only three goals - will next season be better?

“I hope so! I’m already working hard, I just need to prove what I can do. When I went to Rome I was a bit inexperienced, as I was when I went to Sampdoria. They must have thought some idiot was coming…

“I think that’s how it works with me, in the second year I’ll show who I really am.

“It’s given me a completely new experience. I don’t think anywhere in the world has the pressure and the demand of the fans that you get in Rome.”

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