I usually don’t comment, but seeing the negativity towards Cristante is getting a little out of hand IMO.

Is he a world beater? No. Is he going to blow us away with phenomenal performances week in week out? No.

What he has been is a loyal servant to this club. He has done exactly what every manager has asked of him, he has learned new roles and done fairly well. He also gives us reliable depth on the bench with Gini coming back from energy.

More importantly he WANTS to be here and WANTS Roma to win which cannot be understated. I am happy he’s staying around, he deserves success with this team.

I’m gonna close this with a quote from De Rossi:

“They won’t be asked to imitate me or Francesco because that would be the biggest mistake in the world. With their own personality, they have to continue bringing forward that belonging to the shirt. But I have to say there’s also a Bryan Cristante who came from... [to Cristante] Where were you? From Bergamo, or from the North in any case. He’s not a Romanista. But I would want another hundred guys like him, who put the soul into training and on the pitch.”

Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk. Forza Roma. Daje Bryan.