Overview

• Francesco Totti says Luciano Spalletti returned to Roma in 2016 intending to end his playing career, a move he believes the club supported.
• He recounts club officials coming to his home to tell him he had to retire and that he would play his final derby.
• He describes a harsh comedown after his farewell, saying he felt unmoored and cried every day for three weeks.
• He expresses shame for spitting at Christian Poulsen at Euro 2004 and says he later apologized to Mario Balotelli after kicking him in the 2010 Coppa Italia final.
• The remarks were made in a new episode of Prime Video’s Fenomeni hosted by Luca Toni, with no immediate response reported from Spalletti or Roma.