Roma great Francesco Totti has expressed his readiness to work with Jose Mourinho.
Totti also concedes his departure from Roma still leaves him frustrated.
“I spent thirty years at Roma. I showed respect to everyone and I gave up other jobs. I said no to Real Madrid and others because I wanted that shirt, only that ‘Giallorossa’ shirt that I have inside me,” he told La Corriere della Sera.
“I didn’t like the way my story with Roma ended. When they no longer need you in football, respect is lost. If Maldini, Del Piero, Baggio and I are out of football, it will mean something, right?”
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Totti also said, “With a defined role I would like to return. And I would like to with Mourinho, he is number one,
“I respect him a lot. I regret not having been coached by him in my career. At Roma they know that if they need me for serious things I will be happy to give them a hand.”
Totti married Ilary Blasi, a former showgirl and a co-host of Italia 1’s Le Iene, on 19 June 2005 at the Basilica of Santa Maria in Aracoeli. Their wedding was aired on television, with the proceeds being donated to charity. They had their first child on 6 November 2005. Their second child, a daughter, was born on 13 May 2007.
The couple has often been referred to as the “Italian Beckhams”, and their private lives are often speculated upon in Italian magazines and tabloids. On 10 March 2016, the couple had their third child. On 11 July 2022, it was announced that Totti and Blasi had separated. Totti is a Roman Catholic.
Totti’s brother Riccardo serves as his agent,and manages many of his brand and business interests, under the name Number Ten, including the Francesco Totti Academy, a football training school, and the Totti Soccer School, a football camp for children with disabilities. Totti also owns a motorcycle racing team called Totti Top Sport.
On 12 October 2020, Totti’s father, Enzo, died at 76 years old due to COVID-19, amid the pandemic in Italy.
