Montella: I am very optimistic about Yildiz, who is full of personality. He can cut inside and go outside.

Montra, the current head coach of the Turkish national team, was a guest on the podcast" and talked about his time in Roma, his thoughts on Yildiz and Çelik, and his experience coaching Fiorentina.

Do you have any stories about when you were teammates with Cassano in Roma?

"One night, we played a joke on the team doctor: I pretended to have a fever, and they called him over urgently. He came to the room in his underwear and we opened the balcony and locked him out. It was very cold. Capello passed by the corridor, heard the sound, walked in, and found the team doctor on the balcony in his underwear... He drove the team doctor away angrily. Two days later we ‘saved’ him by explaining it was a joke. "

How do you look back on the Roma team you played for?

"In my opinion, we could have won two more Serie A titles. We had an unbelievable team and other teams were in transition at the time... We could have won again because we were stronger and we were only a few points behind in 2002. "

What do you think of Celik, your player in the Turkish national team?

"Perfect for any coach: professional, reliable, able to get the job done no matter what position he plays. We always need people like that in the locker room. "

Talk about another Turkish international, Yildiz.

"I am very optimistic about him, and I think he has a lot of personality. I called him up a year and a half ago because I saw something when he was playing in the U23s and after a while he appealed to me and I thought this guy looked really strong and he was only 18 and a half at the time. He grew up in Germany and is very strict, professional and hard-working. He does whatever you tell him to do.

He wants nothing more than to become a true champion, which will ultimately set him apart. He chose to play for Turkey, and we played that friendly match in Germany. Germany played Turkey. The stadium was full, and more than half of them were Turks. I said, ‘I want to test him’, and he hadn’t started at Juventus yet. He played an amazing game and scored a goal, I don't know if you remember...

To me, he is very versatile, a threat in tight spaces and deep, can cut inside and go outside. I think his club team Juventus need a higher level of players to unlock his potential. I believe he can play at the highest level for 15 years. He lacks a little impact on the goal. He has improved, but if you look at it, he still doesn't have that kind of ruthlessness. He scores beautiful goals. And those alone are not enough. "

You also recalled your experience coaching Fiorentina.

"It was a wonderful three years. Maybe I didn't enjoy it fully, but we did things that were transformative during that period. How was it born? When I arrived in Fiorentina we had no players. After the training camp, there were very few of us, and then 18 players came. First Masia...signed Borja Valero and Gonzalo Rodriguez...then Marty Fernandez.

We were building the team, but the club said to me: 'Listen, we have to make the fans fall in love with the team again, and we have to play well. ’ … We lack a low midfielder. There was an opportunity to acquire Pizarro, but the club wanted a more structured player. I insisted on Pizarro, who arrived in the last days of the transfer window because our goal was to play well. It was a gamble, but in the context of Italy at the time, it was perfect. That team could easily switch from a 4-3-3 to a 3-5-2. …And to have a phenomenal player like Giuseppe Rossi, it’s really exciting. Unfortunately, he is suffering from injuries and needs two hours of physical therapy every day. "