De Rossi: ‘Everyone questioned at Roma, Lukaku, Dybala, me’

The Giallorossi have been a team reborn under the former midfielder following his arrival back in January, having replaced Jose Mourinho after his two-and-a-half-year spell in the dugout in the Italian capital.

De Rossi deflected criticism of Romelu Lukaku.

“Everyone is questioned, even Dybala. Me too. Sometimes choices have to be made. Choices arise from performance or condition. His condition is like a star, he always runs and fights.

“This makes everyone happy, he is a footballer that everyone would like. I don’t see long faces, it’s their job. From this point of view, Romelu is the perfect player.”

He was asked if he felt the Roma environment was destabilising.

“I don’t perceive destabilisation around us. The owners provides us with the serenity we are enjoying. Same with Dan and Ryan (Friedkin, ed.), I can’t complain anything. I know there are a lot of changes, but I focus on results.