His words: “Ranieri wanted to bring me to Nantes when I was working at Roma”.

Federico Balzaretti returns to Roma as an executive. He had already done so from 2015 to 2019 and will now work alongside Ghisolfi. A few weeks ago, the former Roma winger talked about his relationship with Ranieri on ‘Locker Room Chronicles’, recounting an anecdote: “After the year of Serie B – with Juventus – we won the championship and it had already been presented to us. Then I left and we only crossed paths. Then a relationship with him was born. One day, he called me and said ‘I know you’re an expert on the French championship, can you tell me something about Nantes?’. “I was working at Roma, but I prepared a report on Nantes anyway. He called me back and told me, ‘I’d like you to come with me to Nantes.’ I immediately contacted the club and asked for permission to speak with the team.” Then, I couldn’t find the agreement and ended up staying with Roma. From there, a relationship with him developed and we keep in touch. “He is a person I respect,” she emphasized.