Sabatini: 'Roma want Dzeko'

By Football Italia staff

Roma director Walter Sabatini confirms they “are trying to get Edin Dzeko,” while Marcelo Bielsa was twice ready to take over.

The transfer guru spoke to reporters at a ‘Football Fest’ event in Perugia on Friday evening and was asked about the Manchester City striker.

“Dzeko is not very close, but Roma are trying to get him,” confirmed Sabatini. "He's the right man for us, but tough to get, as he's expensive.

“Does Gervinho want to leave? No, he changed his mind and wants to stay with us now.”

The Giallorossi have gone through a series of Coaches, including Barcelona Treble-winner Luis Enrique, but were twice very close to Bielsa in 2011 and 2013.

“I met Bielsa on a bench in Madrid. He had already decided how to paint the walls of the Trigoria training ground. He is a character full of football poetry.

“A few years back we tried to hold on to Luis Enrique in every way, but he is a man of incredible loyalty.”

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