During the afternoon, Beppe Marotta explained the reasons why Inter backed out of the Spinazzola-Politano swap. A few hours later, Roma's Sporting Director Petrachi responded to Marotta's statements.
"Spinazzola is well, he's happy to have remained here. I know Marotta and I respect him. Evidently, in this affair there was a short circuit between the sporting director and him. Then we know how it went. Medical visits were mentioned, but Marotta also took the him at Juventus. He also knows him well, it was a closed operation. They wanted to modify the conditions and for us that wasn't acceptable. I'm sorry for Politano because I saw that he wanted to come to Roma."
"You need to have good sense, those who do the market know that certain things happen, but when there are words said and the operation is closed, it's closed. Now we need a winger, Fonseca's words are clear. Politano is a capital of Inter, but we must discuss the players as men. I hope that things are put into place. But the unfulfilled words are displeasing."
"Under? Afer the match against Juventus I called Davide Lippi, Politano's agent, to resolve Zaniolo's injury. Inter wanted Spinazzola, we didn't want to do it. We were willing to sacrifice Spinazzola because we had an emergency in attack, we did not have intentions to make other movements in attack."
"I speak of the short circuit, because I think that the misunderstanding happened before the visits. Marotta heard Fienga telling him that he wasn't convinced. We made the players leave when there was an agreement with the sporting director. When I do an operation with Roma and my general director gives me the okay, the operation is closed. The details may be missing, but the operation is closed."
