Gian Piero Gasperini does not want to hold talks over his Roma future until the end of the season.

Roma drew 1-1 with Gasperini's former club Atalanta on Saturday, leaving them two points off the top four in Serie A.

However, that gap will grow should Juventus beat Bologna on Sunday.

There has been plenty of speculation over Gasperini's future at Roma in recent weeks. Their form has tailed off, and there appears to be a riff between the head coach and Claudio Ranieri, the club's senior adviser.

"I was dragged into this thing, people have talked about nothing else for a week. I never replied, I will continue to not reply, as I don’t think it is a very pleasant thing," Gasperini told Sky Sport Italia.

There are five games to go, we are still challenging for some important targets, and if we are four points clear of an Atalanta side who were third last season, that shows we've done something right.

"We are close to Como and Juve, we saw today that Napoli lost, so I am focused on this situation.

"We need to end the season well, because this has been an extraordinary experience for me, having arrived here with a lot of scepticism around me, and a little rivalry.

"There is a team that continues to follow me, I am grateful to them and always will be, just as I am to the fans for what they have given me so far.

"As for what happens after that, these are things we will discuss at the end of the season."

Roma had 19 shots and got eight on target against Atalanta, who managed just two attempts on target but still came away with a point.

"Until mid-December, we had a consistency in our lineup that allowed us to defend very well," Gasperini added.

"When [Donyell] Malen arrived in January, we vastly improved our attack, but at the same time got weaker in defence.

"It was a remarkable defensive record at the start that we would've struggled to maintain for long."

According to Opta's predictive model, Roma have a 40.1% chance of finishing sixth, and a 33.6% chance of making the top five.

They finish in the top four in just 10.7% of the supercomputer's simulations.