*. Pelé : Totti is the best player in the world. He has just been a little unlucky in the past. *Diego Maradona : Totti is the worlds number one. He is a great player and he will keep on showing that. He representsItalian soccer and the Italian fans will have fun with him. *. Michel Platini : Totti is an artist of football, atrue Number 10, just like I was. If I was playing today Id be like Totti, whos become an out-and-out striker. There arentany Number 10s in the old playmaker role anyway. *. Franz Beckenbauer : There are many star players in Italy, but the only one I would bring to Bayern Munich would be Totti. I know him well and he deserves to win the Ballon dOr . *. Roberto Baggio : I want to compliment Francesco Totti, scoring 206 goals is a greatachievement. It does not matter that he has beat me as he is a great player. He fought so hard and is now reaping the rewards. He always picked himself back up with pride and courage. Totti set an example with his achievements and his passion for this sport, proving you can push beyond your limits. He has the quality and ability to keep going and catch the nextplayers in the all-time scorers’ charts. He is one of the last few real Number 10s and while he has the strength, he should keep playing. *. Jose Mourinho : You know more than me what Totti means for Roma, for the Serie A, and for his team-mates. I want him to play because hes the best player in the Italian championship in terms of spectacle and quality of play. *. Alex Ferguson : Of course I know Totti is the fantastic player. Totti is the symbol of Roma, he’d never want to leave the club just like Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes at Manchester United. He needs to be kept at a certain level for Roma, just as I do at United. Totti is the architect of everything they (Roma) do and we have to decide how best to deal with him. The issueis what we do with our centre- backs and whether we push one on to Totti but we cant let him control the game. Its a tricky one but we have to resolve it as best we can. *. Arsene Wenger : Totti is a top, top class player. He is typical of the Roman game and I’m sure he will never move outside of Roma. He used to play in behind the strikersand then one day they had no central striker so they played him up front and wongame after game. He suddenly became the topscorer in Italy as a central striker. That means this guy has absolutely everything. He has a fantastic protection of the ball, he has a quick turn and then he has a very good pass in the final third of the pitch. He can be deadly with every single pass. He willcertainly be the most dangerous provider inthe final third for them in this game. He is not the only player who can be dangerous but he can open the defence with any pass at any moment of the day if you give him the freedom. *. Carlo Ancelotti : Totti is a great player who gave so much for Roma and still can give. He is the player who managed the best, especially from the physical point of view, he can remain a very important player to the team. Francesco remains the undisputed symbol of Roma. *. Alessandro Del Piero : Above all on the eve of a match like this one, when on the other side, wearing a captain band on his arm, there’s a player like Francesco Totti. If we put together our goals scored, its over 500.If we sum up the years of career, wearing the same shirt – it comes up to 35. We won the World Cup together and those memories unite us forever . We have a great relationship with plenty of admirationon both sides even if we dont call each other up. Francesco is great. *. Pep Guardiola : Totti is a fantastic player. I am proud to play in a team with a player like him who is the symbol of Roma * Florentino Pérez : I spent a lot of money in my life to build a powerful team like Real Madrid, but my desire, I always liked the captain of Roma, Francesco Totti. Unfortunately, it was impossible to reach him because Totti always want to remain with his club and his city. It is very difficult for players like him to leave their clubs. *. Eusebio Di Francesco : Totti has great football intelligence, experience and seems to have four eyes to spot all potential passes. Francesco has always been the added value for Roma. I am proud to still have an extraordinary rapport with himand every Christmas we exchange gifts. *. Laurent Blanc : Totti is more than a simple player for Roma. He is outstanding, the teams real standard bearer. With Totti on the field, he brings something special to Roma. He is not just a great player, but also their Colosseum.
Posted on: Sat, 07 Jun 2014 15:12:37 +0000
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