Video: Gasperini meets fans as Roma begin pre-season | OneFootball

One Roma fan got a Gian Piero Gasperini autograph on his arm as the Giallorossi begin pre-season in Trigoria today.

Roma’s pre-season begins at the club’s training centre today, and over 200 fans are waiting for the team and the new coach Gasperini outside the Trigoria gates.

New Roma coach Gian Piero Gasperini with Claudio Ranieri and Florent Ghisolfi

A video shared by SiamoLaRoma on X, formerly Twitter, showed a Giallorossi fan getting a Gasp autograph on his arm, promising to make it a tattoo.

Roma will make their 2025-26 Serie A debut at home against Bologna on August 23.

Gasperini’s unveiling press conference

Gasperini already held his unveiling press conference at the end of May.

“I had my first contact with Claudio Ranieri, and he described to me the reality of this team and the club,” Gasperini said.

“Then I met the owners, people who have a lot of passion and have ambitious projects that they have struggled to achieve so far.

“They want to create something strong and constructive with me, and we talked about it knowing what the financial fair play situation is. They want to invest in Roma, and do it well, in order to take Roma to the top.

“Of course, I’m starting from the results that Claudio put in for the last 22 games. They were extraordinary, but it shows that what matters is the team. The same players who were having difficulty improved with a better team attitude.

“You can’t make plans for the next 10 years in a place like Roma, we have to be faster and be more concrete. But we have to start from our base and make the fans feel a sense of identity with the team’s game.”