AS Roma chief Franco Baldini has revealed he rejected an offer from Tottenham to return to the Giallorossi. Baldini left his post as England team manager to re-sign for Roma.

"In order to return to Roma, I turned down very advantageous offers, such as the one from Tottenham," he told the Corriere dello Sport.

"I currently earn €600,000 per season, but the American owners offered me €1m, which at this moment I think is too much. I know the Roma environment and expected some problems.

"In these first few months I have been watching the situations develop, but now the time has come to take the reins of Roma."