Mourinho takes on the ex-azulgrana Pedro

Jose Mourinho, presented this Thursday as the new coach of the Rome, has not included Pedro Rodríguez, former Barça player, on the list of 27 players he will work with during the preseason. The discard list is completed by Javier Pastore, Federico Fazio, Steven Nzonzi, Davide Santon, William Bianda, Ante Coric and Justin Kluivert.

The canary, about to turn 34, does not enter into the plans of the Portuguese coach, who this Thursday completed his first training session. Pedro has lived in the Eternal City a season of ups and downs. After arriving last summer, the injuries and decisions of Paulo fonseca they did not allow him to play regularly. Despite this, he managed to score six goals and give seven assists.

Mourinho's first list in Roma is made up of the following players:

Goalkeepers: Pietro Boer, Daniel Fuzato, Matteo Cardinali

Defenses: Riccardo Calafiori, Amir Feratovic, Roger Ibáñez da Silva, Rick Karsdorp, Marash Kumbulla, Gianluca Mancini, Bryan Reynolds and Chris Smalling

Midfielders: Edoardo Bove, Ebrima Darboe, Amadou Diawara, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Lorenzo Pellegrini, Filippo Tripi, Jordan Veretout, Nicolo Zaniolo, Gonzalo Villar and Nicola Zalewski

Forwards: Edin Dzeko, Carles Pérez, Ruben Providence, Riccardo Ciervo, Stephan El Shaarawy and Borja Mayoral