Changing room chat: Totti performs Yuletide U-turn

ROMA captain Francesco Totti has come over all Christmassy by saying he will not leave the Serie A club despite threatening to do so 24 hours earlier.

By The Newsroom

Published 16th Dec 2011, 02:26 BST

Before the club’s Crimbo party, Totti said he had been thinking of quitting and would do so if he continued to be a target for the fans’ frustrations. But, as the party spirit kicked in, he said: “The Roma fans insulted me but I was misunderstood. I’m staying here.” Totti, 35, had a penalty saved by Juventus keeper Gianluigi Buffon in Monday’s 1-1 draw and was heavily criticised by fans after the game.