Daniele De Rossi turns 35 today as the longest-serving one-club man currently active in Europe’s top leagues. A worthy successor to Francesco Totti, who stuck by the Giallorossi for 25 seasons before retiring in 2017, the Rome native is now preparing for his 18th campaign at the Stadio Olimpico.
“Your relationship with your club starts when you’re a kid and for me that was Roma,” he told UEFA.com last term. “It then became my job, but my huge love for the club is certainly still there.
“I started supporting Roma as a boy and I think my personality led me to support the club with such fervour. My dad always supported Roma but not as fanatical…