Former Roma sports chief Tiago Pinto says Jose Mourinho was involved in transfers.

Mourinho was sacked in January, while Pinto left a month later.

He recalled to Sky Italia: "He might have different ideas, but we can still work together. All the decisions made were collective ones. I never signed a player without Mourinho's approval, but at the same time I'd be lying if I said the players we did bring in were the first choices for the club.

“Mourinho was always involved, there was no player who was Mourinho's or who was Tiago Pinto's. We never signed a player that Mourinho did not want, that did not happen.

“It is also not fair to say that Mourinho had the players he did want, as that's not true either. The players we signed are the ones we could sign, but no player arrived at Roma without Mourinho giving the all-clear."