Monchi: I wouldn't have left my home if I wasn't here to win

Speaking at his opening press conference on Wednesday afternoon, the Spaniard insisted that there was no secret to his success at previous club Sevilla - but, with a similar level of hard work, he hoped to replicate some of his triumphs in the Italian capital.

"The fans deserve to see their dreams come true and I’m here to help that happen," Monchi said. "I don’t believe there’s any secret to my work. There are no magic formulas, otherwise I would have sold them already. There are no identical clubs in the world; they all have their own character.

"In Spain, I was often asked what my secret was and I always gave a fairly unoriginal answer: working hard.

"What does working hard mean? It’s not just about buying players and watching games. I believe Roma fans deserve to see their dreams come true, so we all have to help the club – all of us. If we’re not going in the same direction, we won’t achieve our aims. We all must work hard and you’ll get to know me in time. My aim is to bring everyone together – from [James] Pallotta to every single employee and right on down to myself – in order to achieve the same objective. This is the first step towards achieving success."

Monchi was asked about the importance of the side's end to the current campaign, which sees the club in a battle with Napoli for the second place in Serie A and an automatic qualifying spot for the Champions League.

"Roma are ambitious from top to bottom," he added. "Obviously, qualification to the Champions League will open the door to better revenue, but money isn’t everything. It helps but it isn’t everything.

"We need to concern ourselves with qualifying for the Champions League to help the prestige and growth of the Roma brand and attract big players. This concern is not connected to money: money can supplement hard work, but we’ll try to hit this target because of its prestige. As long as we haven’t done so, we’ll continue to roll up our sleeves and get down to work.

"We shall develop the strategy to achieve sporting success. For now, I’ll say one thing: the biggest problem in our job is not having to sell but buying badly. We will all work together to come up with one shared strategy to achieve success. Do you really believe I've left my home to come here and not win?"