Dima: Roma’s confidentiality in signing Mourinho is the best in history. I haven’t seen it in 30 years of work

Hupu News, October 29, On May 4, 2021, the Roma Club officially announced that Mourinho would become the team's head coach. No media had publicly reported this news before. The famous Italian Sky Sports reporter Di Marzio also reviewed the shocking moment of that year in an interview with the QuestoeQuello podcast.

When the news was officially announced in Rome, Di Marzio even learned about it during a live TV broadcast. At that time, he showed a very shocked expression on his face. The scene quickly became popular on the Internet. When talking about this topic, Di Marzio said:

"I blushed instantly, with an expression of annoyance and surprise, and the scene also went viral on the Internet. I felt like I was being 'played', because This kind of thing is a huge blow to us reporters, especially when a club keeps it secret so successfully."

"Many clubs will try their best not to leak the news, but they almost never succeed. This is also the only time in my 30-year career as a reporter that I did not get any news in advance. The Roma club was able to directly announce such a blockbuster signing in complete confidentiality without any information. Who knew in advance."

"It was a big blow to me when I suddenly learned the news. It was a setback in my journalism. It was obvious that something went wrong in some link, and our mechanism for obtaining information was not functioning properly. "

"But sometimes you have to admit that they did. Well done, in fact I called Thiago Pinto, the director of Roma at the time, to congratulate him. I said to him: 'In a city like Roma, in a team like Roma, it's amazing that someone like Mourinho can be signed suddenly without anyone noticing. ' They did a great job, so in the end you can only say: Well done to them."