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AS Roma counts, but to win the Scudetto next season I don't think so. They still have a lot of work to do and it will take a long time for AS Roma. De Rossi does bring new hope to AS Roma, but this hope may or may not come true, especially as we have only seen De Rossi for only half a season with AS Roma after Jose Mourinho was fired this season.
To become champions in Serie A will not be easy for As Roma, in terms of appearance there are still many teams that play better than them. And it is De Rossi's job to equalize their level with other teams. Becoming champions is actually not impossible, but they need a little luck to enable them to win the Scudetto title next season. I personally don't set high targets for AS Roma, just being in the top 4 in my opinion is very good enough for them. Slowly but surely, that's what they can do.
That's right, overall I agree with your opinion. In my opinion, De Rossi will need several seasons to bring Roma into a Scudetto challenger club, while hoping that Inter Milan, Juventus, AC Milan and Napoli will experience setbacks. Even for next season, teams like Atalanta and Bologna and Lazio cannot actually be ignored, De Rossi must try hard to improve Roma performance to be better than all Serie A contestants. Expectations for Roma are currently higher, but if you look at the depth of the squad owned, in my opinion it needs to be improved. Roma management must be braver in spending money in the transfer window if they have the ambition to win the Scudetto, or they might just get a ticket to the Champions League next season.