Roma chief Pinto pushed about Mourinho contract plans

AS Roma chief Tiago Pinto is tightlipped on new contract plans for coach Jose Mourinho.

Mourinho is inside the final year of his current deal.

Pinto said, “We at this moment the questions of renewals, which are important issues dealt with in the right places, we won't address them publicly.

“We are fired up and motivated to resume what is our goal and our strength to bring home results. Issues that are important for the management, such as contracts, will be dealt with internally."

Pinto then went onto discuss Roma's summer market campaign.

“When a market session starts, I think we need to put three plans together: one is the technical one, we always try to make a better team. If we compare the players who left with those who came in my opinion the team has improved, we have more solutions.

“Then we have the economic plan: we are in a settlement agreement, where in two years we have to be able to spend 70% of the club's revenue on the team. So, while some sports directors were enjoying their holidays, I went all June to try to bring home economic results.

“After that there is also the strategic plan: for a club like Roma to get out of this situation, it is important to sign young players and future prospects, with also economic results.

“If we had paid €20m for Ndicka and €20m for Aouar, maybe this question wouldn't have been put like this, they are both under 25 with a lot of experience.

“With the stakes we have, we are trying to balance all these three plans and you can understand that it's not easy. Since Mourinho's arrival the youth system has always been a main part of the strategy, he has always focused on it from day one.

“Today we have two players like Zalewski and Bove who are part of the first team. The fact that we