Roma, Svilar: "Juventus? I do not sign until 2030 and then go back on it. De Rossi changed my life"

Roma’s goalkeeper speaks on the eve of the big match against Inter. There is also room for the transfer market

On the eve of the big match against Inter, Roma goalkeeper Mile Svilar opened up in an interview with Corriere della Sera: "My real enemy is thought. Do you know what the hardest part of my job is? It is the part where I do nothing. In fact, the part where everyone thinks I do nothing. I think. Which is harder than making saves. And yes, because it is easier to be constantly under stress when making interventions, there you do not have time to think, you rely on instinct. But in a dominant team like Roma, who play most of the match in the other half, I spend a lot of time alone with myself. And I have to think. And I think negatively, a goalkeeper has to do that, he must always imagine the worst-case scenario. The risk is that negative thoughts overwhelm you. On matchday I have a session with my mental coach. Always, I never skip it".

Inter v Roma

"It's a great game and we can't wait to play it, to measure ourselves against the strongest team in the league, the one who have been at the top in recent years. A Serie A title duel? It makes me smile. In this city, you put together two or three good games and people get carried away, then you lose and it's drama. We have to be balanced, steady. But we know where we have come from and we know where we want to go."

Is anyone talking about a top three of Inter, Roma and Como wrong?

"For the style of play, for the goals, for the way they win matches, it may be right. But it's September, it's early."

What does Gasp ask of you that's different from other managers?

"Do you know what really makes the manager different? That he leaves me free in my choices, he really does!"

The toughest opponent?

"Malen, he always scores, even in training."

That doesn't count, not like that.

"Lautaro, incredibly difficult to read. And Thuram, my word, how quick he is."

Juventus offered €40 million for you. Were you close to leaving Roma?

"I didn't even have a conversation about it. I'm not someone who signs a renewal until 2030 and then the following year goes back on the choice he made."

If I say De Rossi?

"He changed my life. Maybe I wouldn't be at Roma today without him."