The 39-year-old attacker deserves respect and admiration for everything that he has done for the Giallorossi but he must accept that it is time to abdicate his throne.
Rudi Garcia mused in November that Rome has only ever had three kings: the Pope, the notorious crime boss "Libanese" and Francesco Totti. While Popes have come and gone, and Libanese met an inevitably grizzly end, Totti seemed destined to reign over the Italian capital forever — an immortal captain for "The Eternal City." But no longer. The king's crown is slipping after a tumultuous weekend in Rome.
On Saturday afternoon, Roma boss Luciano Spalletti announced that he intended to start Totti in the following evening's Serie A clash with Palermo.