Inter head coach Antonio Conte has confirmed he turned down the chance to join Roma earlier this year.
Conte was linked to Roma before taking over at Inter and, ahead of a meeting between the two sides on Friday, revealed he held preliminary talks with the Giallorossi.
The move came in the off-season, before Conte knew of Inter s interest, but the former Chelsea boss decided the timing was not right.
Conte spoke to ex-Italy team-mate and Roma legend Francesco Totti about the position before Paulo Fonseca was appointed in June 2019.
Totti, who spent his entire playing career with Roma, was a director at the club until he resigned the same month as Fonseca was installed.
Conte told a news conference: With Francesco, there is a long-standing friends…
Having ended a goal drought that stretched back to March 2013, Canada hope to notch a rare win against Moldova on Tuesday.
Canada drew 1-1 with Bulgaria in Austria on Friday with Atiba Hutchinson scoring the equaliser for Benito Floro s Canadians from the penalty spot, ending a run of 10 games without a goal.
Next for Canada will be another friendly in the small Austrian town of Ritzing this time against Moldova and with the eastern Europeans ranked just 11 spots ahead of Floro s men, the North Americans will be aiming for their first victory since October 2012.
The next step is obviously to get a win, Hutchinson said after the draw with Bulgaria.
We re going to work hard at that.
The Besiktas midfielder added: A couple of us were talking about (the goal d…