Gianluca Di Marzio, within 'Caffè Di Marzio', the podcast in collaboration between TuttoMercatoWeb.com and Gianlucadimarzio.com, said the following about Tiago Pinto:
“Tiago Pinto, sacrificed on the altar of who knows what internal dynamics at Roma, has today become the first executive to have taken the small yet significant AFC Bournemouth into international competitions.
Tiago Pinto, a specialist not only in transfers: at Roma, Paulo Dybala is still there today, Mile Svilar is still there today, signed on a free transfer and representing an incredible asset both in sporting terms and potentially for a lucrative capital gain through a future sale.
At Bournemouth as well, he proved to be a skilled trader, not only in sales, AFC Bournemouth selling Huijsen to Real Madrid CF for 60 million after buying him for 18, Semenyo to Manchester City FC, and Kerkez as well… but also in his ability to identify the right players to sign. You can see it with Rayan from Flamengo, who had also been close to joining AC Milan.”
This is to give credit and recognition to the work of Tiago Pinto, who built himself up at SL Benfica, who arrived at Roma on his own without collaborators, specifically to trust the people already there, and who was then criticised perhaps without truly understanding, without acknowledging the merits of an executive who worked in a very particular environment, with an ownership that, as can be seen in recent episodes, tends to “consume” managers and sporting directors.
It is also meant to celebrate and restore merit and credibility to a profession that has recently been going through a difficult period. Look even in Italy at how many dismissals and changes of sporting directors there have been during the season.”
