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‘It would have been better to die’ – Football great Totti leaves Roma slamming the door

AS Roma’s former captain and record goalscorer Francesco Totti [Courtesy]

AS Roma’s former captain and record goalscorer Francesco Totti left his job in the management team on Monday, bitterly complaining that the club’s U.S. owner had never given him a proper role.

During a dramatic news conference at the Italian Olympic Committee, the 42-year-old Roma great said during his two years in a technical role he was repeatedly excluded from strategic decisions and felt obliged to walk out of his only club.

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