De Rossi also says he's already working closely with new sporting director Florent Ghisolfi.
He said at a coaching presetation: “I approach the new season with great enthusiasm, possible too much, as I am at the Trigoria ground every day. We had a long meeting yesterday with the directors, looking at our objectives and how the future will look.
“Maybe I will take a vacation in 10 years and step away from Roma then, but for the moment I want to be there, I feel the need to be there.”
He also said: “Bayer Leverkusen were superior in the Europa League and we want to improve. We went close to the Champions League, but it’s not like we can say we’ll win the cup next year.”
On Ghisolfi, De Rossi stated: “We are working well together. We didn’t know each other, we speak two different languages, even if we can communicate in English.
“What I try to bring is a positive attitude, hunger, the desire to improve upon what we were. These are the right foundations to build on, I cannot accept aiming for a centimetre below some magical nights we already experienced, like Roma-Lazio, Roma-Brighton, Roma-Milan and Milan-Roma. That is what we want.”