Balerdi: “I wanted to play for a historic club like Roma.”

Balerdi: “I wanted to play for a historic club like Roma.” Leonardo Balerdi spoke to DAZN France about his farewell to Olympique Marseille after six years and his desire to play in Italy for Roma. “It was difficult to leave Marseille. But I’ll take everything that came: the good and the bad.” “I don’t remember being booed in the last game. Sometimes people loved me, other times they didn’t. I took the love they gave me as energy. I felt it was time to leave. Six years at a club is a long time. But six years at Olympique de Marseille is something few players do. It was time to discover another league. I wanted to prove my worth, try to do something different. I was very happy to leave.” “I refused to leave during many transfer windows to stay at Olympique Marseille. I felt very good. As a child, I had something with Roma, this shirt. A shirt I really like, I wanted to play in Italy, for Roma. A historic, ambitious club, with a lot of history. The Champions League this year. It’s always a pleasure to play in this competition.”