Rick Karsdorp is convinced “I can do a lot for Roma”, and praises his compatriot Justin Kluivert.

The Dutchman joined the Giallorossi last summer, but managed only one appearance due to knee problems.

He started in the defeat to Milan at the end of August, but has made only one substitute appearance other than that so far.

“I need confidence in myself and from others,” Karsdorp told Ziggo Sport.

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Luciano Spalletti believes it is unfair to credit Inter’s comeback win against Tottenham Hotspur in the Champions League on just character.

The Nerazzurri’s Serie A match against Sampdoria kicks off at 19:30 BST – click here for a preview.

“Winning games like the one on Tuesday gives us confidence and confirms the means are there for us to do well,” he said at a Press conference.

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Ex-Italy striker Marco Borriello maintains he has signed up for ‘a serious project’ at third-tier Spanish side UD Ibiza.

Borriello made the shock move to Ibiza over the summer, and the 36-year-old – who can count Juventus, Milan and Roma as former clubs – explained his switch went beyond football.

“In life, numbers speak for themselves,” he told Cadena COPE.

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Francesco Totti has revealed that former Roma boss Luciano Spalletti ‘was the one who pushed me the most into retirement’.

Totti and Spalletti did not see eye to eye towards the end of the 2016-17 season, which ended with the Coach leaving Roma and the No 10 hanging up his boots.

“I still don’t get bored. The days are almost like those of when I was a footballer,” he continued to La Repubblica.

“I wake up, take the children to school and then go to Trigoria, I’m with the Coach and team.

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Francesco Totti admits his kick on Mario Balotelli was ‘horrible’ but insists ‘it was building up for years’ as ‘he insulted me’.

Totti was infamously sent off for kicking out at Balotelli during Roma’s 1-0 defeat to Inter in May 2010, and the Giallorossi icon was asked about the incident by La Repubblica. 

“Milan wanted me when I was 12? In that case, the ‘no’ was from my family, especially my mother,” he told the newspaper.

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Roma midfielder Javier Pastore says Paris Saint-Germain “will remain the best club I’ve ever been at”.

The Argentine international spent seven seasons with the French champions, but left this summer to return to Serie A.

“The first four years in Paris I always played, but then I had a problem with my calf and was constantly injured,” Pastore explained to RMC Sport.

“I couldn’t find a solution with the medical staff to play without pain, but in the last year I haven’t had any problems.

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Francesco Totti reveals he tried to convince the likes of Ronaldo and Zlatan Ibrahimovic to join him at Roma but “unfortunately we had a limit”.

Er Pupone spent his entire career with the Giallorossi, but won the Scudetto only once, in 2001.

“I’ve always said you need champions to win,” Totti said in the latest excerpt from tomorrow’s big interview with La Repubblica.

“I hoped Ronaldo, Ibrahimovic, the best players in the world would come. Not just up-front, but also defenders and midfielders.

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Massimiliano Irrati will take charge of Napoli’s trip to Torino, as the Serie A Week 5 referees are announced.

The Partenopei face a tricky trip to Turin in Sunday’s early game, and today it has been announced that Irrati will be the man in the middle with Paolo Mazzoleni on the VAR.

Elsewhere, Marco Guida will run the rule over Inter’s trip to Sampdoria on Saturday night, with Daniele Doveri taking charge of Milan-Atalanta.

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Roma sporting director Monchi isn’t interested in criticism of the squad or Coach Eusebio Di Francesco - “I think it’s better to see the glass as half full”.

The Giallorossi have had a poor start to the season, and were easily beaten by Real Madrid last night, having reached the Champions League semi-finals last year.

“We’re professionals and we have to work,” Monchi told reporters in the mixed zone after the match.

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Roma legend Francesco Totti feels players are “less of a group” nowadays as “everyone is isolated in his room on his phone…”

Er Pupone turns 42 next Thursday, and will release his autobiography on the same day.

In anticipation of that he has given an interview to La Repubblica, to be published in full tomorrow, and today there was a brief preview.

“I was like the players, I know them well,” Totti, now a Giallorossi director, said.

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