Montella: I Wouldn't Go For Coffee With Capello
09/08/2003. AS Roma commanded more than their fair share of newsprint on Sunday, with Vincenzo Montella's escalating feud with Fabio Capello emerging as the most intriguing story coming out of the Italian capital.
In an interview for 'Il Messaggero', the temperamental forward -who refused to celebrate after coming on as a sub to score the winner against Udinese last weekend- confirmed that his relationship with his coach is still about a galaxy away from being ideal.
"I would not go out for coffee with Capello," he admitted to the newspaper. "Our rapport has improved compared to a few years back and when I retire then maybe we could have dinner together, but certainly not now."
The former Real Madrid coach would not get drawn in to repsonding to Montella's comments, but made headlines himself by suggesting that performance enhancing drugs are getting more and more prevalent in modern football.
"I have seen donkeys turn to thoroughbreds before my very eyes," an admission he made towards 'Sky Italia', is certainly a leading candidate for quote of the week.
In other Giallorossi news, the club's oft-criticized French defender Jonathan Zebina is reportedly mulling over an offer to extend his contract at the Olimpico until 2008, while Aldair's agent explained his client's decision to join Serie B side Genoa instead of Bologna by stating that "he didn't want to face Roma."
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