"The present is more important. The past is the past. We don't know the future," Mourinho said.

Roma slid out of the Serie A top four by the slimmest of margins as they lost 3-1 to Atalanta in Bergamo on Monday.

Stephan El Shaarawy and Lorenzo Pellegrini scored in extra time to earn hosts AS Roma a spot in the Europa League semi-finals after defeating Dutch side Feyenoord 4-1 on Thursday for a 4-2 aggregate win.

Jose Mourinho brutally hit back at pundit Antonio Cassano following Roma's win over Torino after he criticised his team's style of play.

Manchester United's reward for getting the better of LaLiga leaders Barcelona in the Europa League playoffs is a last-16 clash with another Spanish side Real Betis, while Premier League table-toppers Arsenal will face Portuguese outfit Sporting.

Italian media report that Galatasaray offered Roma 16.5 million euros ($17.7 million) with add-ons of up to 13 million euros to take Zaniolo off their hands.

Serie A title fever is sweeping Naples as the football-mad city hopes that rampant Napoli will end more than three decades of waiting to be crowned kings of Italy.

Manchester United kicked off their Europa League campaign poorly with a 1-0 home defeat by Real Sociedad as Arsenal's new signing Marquinhos scored in a 2-1 win at FC Zurich on Thursday.

Paulo Dybala shot Roma top of Serie A on Tuesday with a brace which sank Monza 3-0 while Inter Milan are one point behind Jose Mourinho's side after their 3-1 home win over Cremonese.

Tammy Abraham earned Roma a point with the leveller in Saturday's 1-1 draw at Juventus on Paulo Dybala's return to his old stomping ground.

Juventus were held to an uneventful goalless draw by Sampdoria on Monday, while Chris Smalling headed Roma to a 1-0 win over Cremonese to make it two wins from two.

Paulo Dybala was left stunned when he was unveiled in front of around 10000 Roma fans at the Square Colosseum on Tuesday.

Inter Milan and Roma lost ground on leaders Napoli after both title-chasing sides were held at home, while at the other end of the table Benevento got their first ever Serie A win.

Two goals each from Stephan El Shaarawy and Mohamed Salah keep Roma's Serie A title hopes alive as they twice came from behind to win 5-3 at Chievo Verona, while Napoli also stays in the running with a 4-1 home win over Fiorentina.

AS Roma's Mohamed Salah scored twice in a 4-1 win at Pescara on Monday which kept alive their faint hopes of catching Serie A leaders Juventus and condemned their opponents to relegation.

Lazio reached the Italian Cup final on Tuesday despite losing 3-2 in the second leg to bitter city rivals Roma, advancing 4-2 on aggregate.

Roma coach Luciano Spalletti all but threw in the towel to Serie A title rivals Juventus following Saturday's 2-1 defeat to Napoli.

Gonzalo Higuain hit a brace either side of Paulo Dybala's first-half spot-kick as Juventus moved four points clear of Roma on Sunday with a comfortable 3-0 win over Bologna in Turin.

Napoli substitute Manolo Gabbiadini converted a penalty with the last kick of the game to salvage a 3-3 draw at Fiorentina who were inspired by a superb display from Federico Bernardeschi.

Gonzalo Higuain struck again with a trademark goal to give Serie A leaders Juventus a 1-0 win over AS Roma in a tense top-of-the-table match which put them seven points clear on Saturday.