Tuesday, 18th November, 2014
AC Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani has revealed that the club tried to sign Roma legend Francesco Totti when he was a youngster.
The 38-year-old, who is product of Roma’s youth system, has achieved cult status amongst the Giallorossi faithful for his love for the club.
Totti has spent 22 seasons with Roma, his only professional club, since making his first team debut in March 1993.
And Galliani explained that even when Totti was a youngster, it was impossible to convince the forward to leave the capital club.
"We tried to sign Totti when he was young, but it didn’t work out”, he was quoted as saying by Voetbal Primeur.
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“We realised right away that it was impossible to get him to leave Roma."
Totti, whose present contract with Roma expires in 2016, has amassed 679 appearances in all competitions for the club, scoring 279 times.
He has helped the Stadio Olimpico outfit to win a Serie A title, two Italian Super Cups and two Coppa Italia trophies.
The veteran attacker also earned 58 caps and scored nine goals for Italy between 1998 and 2006.
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