when his CSKA Moscow spell ends and claims Rudi
Garcia did not help his cause in Italy.
Seydou Doumbia has ruled out returning to Roma when his loan
deal with CSKA Moscow expires in January.
The Ivory Coast international scored just twice in 14
appearances for Rudi Garcia's side, having moved to Serie A in
January, ending a five-year stay in the Russian capital.
The transfer did not prove to be a success, Doumbia returning
to CSKA on loan for five months in August, with an option to
extend until the end of the season.
The 27-year-old is now confident he will reach an agreement
over a permanent Roma exit and has laid the blame for his
difficult spell in Italy at the feet of Garcia.
"I can't see myself going back," he told Jeune Afrique.
"Even though I still have a two-year contract, I think we'll come
to an agreement.
"It went wrong for me. The fans started whistling me from the
first game and it didn't stop until I left.
"The coach made me play when I had just returned from the
Africa Cup of Nations and I don't think I was ready.
"CSKA was the best solution, I know the club very well, as well
as the Russian League. I needed to play, so I could be called up
to the national team, too."
Doumbia, who claimed he rejected advances from England
before joining Roma, has not given up hope of moving to
another elite league in Europe in the future.
"I returned six months after I left, and it was like I'd left the day
before. Little or nothing had changed," he said.
"I left Russia because I thought it was time to experience a new
league. I could have gone to England, but I chose Roma
because the coach is French and because Gervinho is there.
"It didn't work out. Maybe one day I'll get another chance in a
major European League."
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