Roma, Monchi: "Dzeko chose to stay because he is happy here. Liverpool? They have the first leg result on their side, we have the Olimpico"

The most important game in Roma's recent history is getting closer, as the Giallorossi will play the return leg of the Champions League semifinal at the Olimpico on Wednesday. Sporting director Monchi discussed the upcoming fixture, Salah's departure and Dzeko's deal falling through with Chelsea in an interview with Il Romanista: "I think the team is confident they can do it, even though they know it will be difficult. Liverpool have the first leg result on their side, we have the Olimpico. It's different from the against Barcelona, we didn't deserve to lose against the Blaugrana. Dzeko? He decided to stay in January because he is happy here. His profile didn't suit Chelsea's plans, nobody was sure about the deal and Edin called himself out of the deal. With the Emerson's deal helped us because we needed to sell. Holding talks when you know you need the money isn't easy. Once we reached an agreement for Emerson it became easier to call Dzeko's deal off. I don't know if Roma current managerial philosophy could lead the club to sell the next Totti at 26 years old. Maybe you can keep "new Totti" and sell some other players. Like it happened with Salah. We sold him, Paredes and Rüdiger and we were still down by 42 million. It wasn't easy, but we had to find a solution. Now it's different, we can decide whether to sell or not. Situation has changed, we have strong ambitions".