Totti turns down Italy, Roma to join basketball club
“He isn’t just a figurehead ambassador or celebrity; he’s a genuine part of our project,” said Paul Matiasic, a California lawyer who bought the sporting licence of the Brescia club and used it to set up a new team in Rome.
Francesco Totti, who won the 2006 World Cup with Italy and is adored in his home city where he played his entire career with Roma, on Tuesday said that he had turned down roles with the rebuilding Azzurri and with his old club to become an adviser to Maxima, a new Roman basketball team.
Roma SPQR, using the licence of the former Cremona team and who are part-owned by Slovenian point guard Luka Doncic, who plays for the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA, will join Maxima in Serie A.
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