"AS Roma is pleased to announce that Daniele De Rossi has been appointed as the new Technical Manager of the First Team until 30 June 2024," the Giallorossi club said in a statement on its website. "We are delighted to be able to hand over the technical responsibility of AS Roma to Daniele De Rossi, as we believe that his leadership and ambition can be decisive in the pursuit of the goals that the team has in front of it until the end of the season," said Dan and Ryan Friedkin.
Roma announces that José Mourinho and his technical staff will leave the club with immediate effect. The news comes with a note from the Giallorossi club on its website. "We would like to thank José on behalf of all of us at AS Roma for his passion and commitment since his arrival at the Giallorossi," said Dan and Ryan Friedkin.
"We will forever cherish great memories of his management, but we believe that, in the best interest of the Club, immediate change is necessary - Dan and Ryan Friedkin still say in the Special One's farewell statement - We wish José and his staff the best for the future". The note then concludes: "Further updates regarding the new technical guide of the first team will be communicated shortly."
Thank you from all of us at AS Roma, José! #ASRoma pic.twitter.com/3uwjHlEU1f
— AS Roma (@OfficialASRoma) January 16, 2024
13:56 - De Rossi 'work and sacrifices for our goals'
"I would like to thank the Friedkin family for entrusting me with the responsibility of directing Roma: for my part, I know no other way than that of application, daily sacrifice and the need to give everything I have inside to face the challenges that await us between now and the end of the season." These are Daniele De Rossi's first words as Roma's new coach. "The emotion of being able to sit on our bench is indescribable, everyone knows what Roma means to me, but the work that awaits all of us has already taken over," said the former 'Captain Future'. We don't have time, we don't have a choice: being competitive, fighting for our goals and trying to achieve them are the only priorities that my staff and I have set ourselves."
13:23 - Mourinho says goodbye to Roma fans, 'Thank you for these years'
"Thank you for these two years." José Mourinho's words as he left Trigoria in his car. The coach, who was sacked by Roma this morning, greeted the players first and then the employees at the training centre. At the exit he found about fifty fans who asked him for one last photo and thanked him for the victory in the Conference.
Video: Mourinho is no longer the coach of Roma
12:45 - Trigoria armoured, leaflets against Friedkin
It is an armored Trigoria that this morning welcomed the news of José Mourinho's dismissal. There are two police vans on Piazzale Dino Viola (filled with leaflets against the Friedkin owners of the club), but there are still few fans outside the Giallorossi training center. But there is a fear that they may grow as the hours go by. The Portuguese coach is still in Trigoria, where he is greeting some of the players present (including Gianluca Mancini) and employees. The training, initially scheduled for the morning, has been moved to 17 in the afternoon with the aim of the ownership to have him already directed by the new coach (contacts with De Rossi continue). The Giallorossi CEO, Lina Soulouokou, also arrived at the training centre.
12:32 - Gasparri, Mourinho? He's a leader, I'm sorry
"Mourinho's sacking saddens me, clubs look at results, they look at everything, but Mourinho is someone who manages popular sentiments and has managed to fill the stadium, to arouse emotions. Football is made up of balances, of results, but also of passions and, on the front of passions, Mourinho remains an unattainable leader." This was said by the leader of the FI group in the Senate, Maurizio Gasparri, outside Montecitorio. "I'm sorry because Mourinho is a leader," Gasparri added.
12:20 - Mourinho sacked, six Serie A benches missed
With the sacking of Jose Mourinho, the number of benches missed in Serie A rises to six. The Portuguese coach joins a long list of Italian and foreign coaches. The first on the list in chronological order is Paolo Zanetti: he was sacked by Empoli on 19 September and replaced by Andrea Andreazzoli. Portugal's Paulo Sousa, on the other hand, was relieved of his duties at Salernitana on 19 October; Filippo Inzaghi came in his place. On 24 October, Andrea Sottil's adventure on the bench in Udine came to an end: the coach was replaced by Gabriele Cioffi. Napoli said goodbye to Rudi Garcia on November 14 to take Walter Mazzarri in his place. Yesterday Andrea Andreazzoli, who in turn had replaced Zanetti at Empoli, had to leave the bench of the Tuscans entrusted by the club to Davide Nicola. Today marks the end of the marriage between Roma and the Portuguese.
From the Conference to the farewell, Mourinho three years with a thrill - News - Ansa.it The victory in Europe was the culmination, then controversy and many knockouts (ANSA)
12:00 - Post on 'X' with Mourinho's Conference photo is a fake
The post on X with "Goodbye, Roma" and the photo of the Conference League won in Tirana is from a fake profile of José Mourinho. The post, immediately after the news of the exemption, made the rounds of the web in a very short time, misleading everyone, having the blue tick that characterizes certified profiles. It was only later that the words "I'm not José Mourinho" also appeared in the profile bio.
11:15 - Fans divided 'one stab', 'now Conte'
José Mourinho is no longer the coach of Roma and the news divides the Giallorossi fans, unleashed on social media and radio. "I will never recover from this news, it is a stab that we did not deserve," writes Valentina on X, but there are also those like Lorenzo who do not agree with the timing of the Friedkin's choice: "Changing coach during the season is always a serious mistake. Mourinho's cycle was over, but we had to wait until June, also out of respect for those who took us to the top of Europe." Then there are those who are already thinking about the future and many, even under Mourinho's farewell post, write "now bring Conte to us". In reality, the owners, in these hours, are intensifying contacts with Daniele De Rossi, as a replacement for the Special One. Roma's owners are not exempt from criticism. "Shame on you for the misery you have handed over to Mourinho in recent years," Gianluca wrote on Instagram.
Mourinho crisis, Roma have never been so bad for 20 years - News - Ansa.it Team contested at San Siro, José also in question (ANSA)
11:05 - Saudi Arabia or the Premier League, in England it's Mourinho's toto-future
Great prominence in the British press for the sacking of Jose Mourinho: the BBC has dedicated an updated page, with comments and reactions, to the sacking of the now former Roma coach. In addition to the statistics of the Portuguese's adventure on the Giallorossi bench, with only 49% of victories in 138 games at the helm of Roma, the BBC wonders what the next stage of Mourinho's career will be, if he will accept a possible sumptuous proposal from Saudi Arabia or if perhaps he will return for the fourth time to the Premier League, where he has already coached Chelsea, in two different periods, Manchester United and Tottenham, his last team before moving to Italy.
9:34 - Roma, 'Mourinho is sacked'
Roma announces that José Mourinho and his technical staff will leave the club with immediate effect. The news comes with a note from the Giallorossi club on its website. "We would like to thank José on behalf of all of us at AS Roma for his passion and commitment since his arrival at the Giallorossi," said Dan and Ryan Friedkin.
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