Having finished out of the top 4 under Jose Mourinho for successive seasons, the former Chelsea and Manchester United manager would look to get Roma back into
Paulo Sousa’s side would be well aware of the competition they would face and would want to begin the new season with an upset on Sunday.Jose Mourinho’s side will miss the services of some crucial names heading into their opening week of the Serie A.Argentine World Cup Winner Paulo Dybala and club captain Lorenzo Pellegrini are both serving a suspension from last campaign and are touted to miss the inaugural match.
Former Eintracht Frankfurt defender Evan Ndicka would be vying to get his first start and partner Chris Smalling and Gianluca Mancini in the heart of Roma’s defense. Georginio Wijnaldum and Nemanja Matic are the other two major departures from the club.Former Chelsea striker Tammy Abraham is still recovering from his ACL injury and Mourinho would have to field a younger strike force in the absence of Abraham and Dybala.
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