Roma President James Pallotta denies Alisson will leave the club – 'he has a contract and he’s a very good goalkeeper'.
The American owner arrived in Italy today for the second leg of the Champions League Quarter-Final with Barcelona, and he spoke to reporters after touching down.
“Why should he leave?” Pallotta asked, when quizzed about Alisson.
Roma President James Pallotta denies Alisson will leave the club – 'he has a contract and he’s a very good goalkeeper'.
The American owner arrived in Italy today for the second leg of the Champions League Quarter-Final with Barcelona, and he spoke to reporters after touching down.
“Why should he leave?” Pallotta asked, when quizzed about Alisson.
“He has a contract for a while, I love him, I never wanted to sell him when they were talking about it two years ago, I thought he was great and he’s showing how good he is.”
Pallotta was asked if he’s confident about tonight’s game, despite a 4-1 deficit from the first leg.
“I thought we played great the other night. We were unlucky with our own goals, for sure, and then I thought… three penalty kicks?
“There was a handball which may have been called, [Edin] Dzeko’s for sure, then [Lorenzo] Pellegrini was over the line… I’m not sure those are the toughest calls in the world.
“If we go up 1-0 it changes it right away and I thought the guys played well. We got unlucky with some of the goals and the last goal was kind of stupid but, yeah, I thought we played well.”