Totti blasts Spalletti: He came to Roma only to make me retire, the club supports him behind the scenes

Roma star Totti criticized former Roma coach Luciano Spalletti in a long interview with Amazon Prime Video.

Totti recalled the fierce dispute with the coach during his time in Rome: "We did have a heated argument, but this kind of thing is common between coaches and players. You all know the story... Spalletti came to Rome with a goal. I will talk to him in the future and ask him what that goal is. He came to Rome to retire me, maybe The club was behind him and I didn't know what was really going on. After that, he yelled at me every time there was a problem, even in training. I could tell that something was wrong with the Spalletti I knew. I was recovering from a serious thigh injury and he didn't even ask me what was going on. He, just put me on the back burner. I was still the captain at that time, and usually the coach would communicate with the captain first. "

"If I had a different coach, I think I might still be playing football now. At 40, I know I can't play every game. I'm not a fool. In that situation, someone like me who can help young people and new players... I said I can play for free, money is not important to me, I can do anything for Roma. But they had decided to retire me and at the beginning of the season they told me it was up to me, but three games before the end of the season they told me this would be my last derby. I wasn't happy with their approach and timing, but I was in good shape and was doing well in training during that period. "