Gian Piero Gasperini said Paulo Dybala and Manu Kone were back and available for selection on Sunday as Roma prepared to face Fiorentina on Monday evening in a match that could shape the final stretch of their Serie A season.
The Roma coach said the squad remained in the hunt with four matches left in the 2025-26 season and pointed to the recovery of two key players as a timely boost. “Kone has recovered, Dybala had already recovered. This week has gone better. They’re available,” Gasperini said, adding that the team’s conduct had been “excellent” and that Roma would try to build on it over the final four games.
Roma went into the match in sixth place, one point behind Como, who had played one more game, and three points adrift of fourth-placed Juventus, who had played the same number of matches. That left the margin for error small, even with the more encouraging fitness news from Trigoria. Gasperini also said Fiorentina were arriving in strong form, unbeaten in their last seven Serie A matches, underlining the scale of the task ahead.
The coach was just as pointed when asked about the bigger picture. He said the presence of the ownership was “a signal” and suggested it might lead to movement not only at the end of the season but also with an eye on the future. Gasperini said the club would speak when the time came, and avoided going into detail about his relationship with Ricky Massara, leaving Roma’s sporting direction hanging over a fixture that still matters immediately on the pitch.
For now, Gasperini said the focus stays on Monday’s game. The result against Fiorentina will not settle everything, but it will tell Roma whether the chase for a European place still has real momentum when the season reaches its last turn.