Maarten Stekelenburg " AS Roma Is Fantastic Club"

Dutch goalkeeper is assessed a transfer from Ajax to Rome is a step forward in his career. The results disappointing trip coloring AS Roma in three games at the official inaugural 2011/12 campaign.

After frozen out by Slovan Bratislava through a pair of leg play-off Asian Cup (losing 2-1 on aggregate), also beaten Cagliari Roma 2-1 at the Olimpico in giornata Serie A opener on Sunday (11 / 9).

However, as one new member squad, the situation is less encouraging in the early period of a career in the Italian capital is not making Maarten Stekelenburg regret it received the proposal I Lupi.

"My family and I believe we made ​​the right choice," said 28-year goalkeeper who signed from Ajax Amsterdam with a tag of € 6.3 million to the Elf Voetbal.

"You ask me if this is a step forward? Yes, because Rome is a bigger club than Ajax. "

"Rome is a community club here. Here, you can not walk on a city street or go shopping with free. "

"They [the fans] is quite harsh in the criticism when things do not go well, but on the other hand they also provide an injection of morale amazing when everything is running smoothly."

"I'm ready for a new challenge," said Dutch national team goalkeeper was.


Rome would melakoni bigmatch Serie A at the headquarters of Inter Milan, Stadio Giuseppe Meazza on Sunday (18 / 9) pm dawn.