Roma "Forced" To Sell Emerson
goal.com - 7/9/2004
Roma finally seem to have raised the white flag on the Emerson-Juventus dispute, as the giallorossi's Sports Director, Franco Baldini, admitted during a radio interview that his club has to sell the player.
This means that Roma will be more willing to give in to Juve's offers as Baldini stated that the player's head is already in Turin, while it would be financially worse for the giallorossi if Emerson had to leave next year on a free.
Roma and Juventus have been trying to negotiate the transfer of Emerson for over a month now, but for various reasons, including rivalry, both teams were unable to find a solution.
Emerson will now be able to join his former Roma coach, Fabio Capello, and team-mate, Jonathan Zebina, with the bianconeri.