Jose Mourinho has been sacked as head coach by Roma.
Mourinho, 60, had been on the helm of the Serie A membership for the reason that summer time of 2021 and guided them to the Europa Convention League title in 2022 and the Europa League remaining the next season.
Nevertheless, Roma have struggled domestically and at present sit ninth within the Italian top-flight — Sunday’s 3-1 loss at Milan was their third defeat in 5 league video games and has proved to be Mourinho’s remaining recreation as boss.
Roma sit 22 factors off Serie A league leaders Inter, whereas they’ve received simply eight of their 20 league matches so far this marketing campaign, shedding seven.
The Giallorossi had been additionally eradicated from the Coppa Italia final week, struggling a 1-0 defeat towards fierce cross-city rivals Lazio.
Roma completed in sixth place in every of Mourinho’s two full seasons in cost however a latest run which has seen successive league away defeats at Bologna, Juventus and Milan have seen them slip to ninth and in peril of dropping out of the highest half.
Regardless of struggles domestically, Mourinho did lead Roma to their first European title for the reason that Inter-Metropolis Gala’s Cup in 1961 once they defeated Feyenoord within the remaining of the Europa Convention League in 2022.
Roma got here near profitable their first ever Europa League title the next marketing campaign, however had been edged out by Sevilla in a penalty shootout after a 1-1 remaining draw.
L’AS Roma annuncia che José Mourinho e i suoi collaboratori tecnici lasceranno il Membership con effetto immediato.
Ulteriori aggiornamenti riguardo la nuova guida tecnica della Prima Squadra saranno comunicati a breve.
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— AS Roma (@OfficialASRoma) January 16, 2024
A press release from Roma’s Dan and Ryan Friedkin learn: “We want to thank Jose on behalf of all of us at AS Roma for his ardour and efforts since his arrival on the membership.
“We are going to all the time have nice recollections of his tenure at Roma, however we consider that a right away change is in the very best pursuits of the membership.
“We want José and his assistants all the very best of their future endeavours.”
Mourinho is among the most adorned soccer managers of all time having received the Champions League at Porto and Inter, whereas lifting three Premier League titles throughout two spells at Chelsea alongside high-profile stints in control of Actual Madrid, Manchester United and Tottenham previous to his appointment as Roma boss in 2021.
Is Mourinho’s sacking by Roma a shock?
Evaluation from The Athletic’s Serie A correspondent James Horncastle
When it comes to outcomes, that is no shock.
That is Roma’s worst season in Serie A in additional than twenty years. The staff is 5 factors exterior the Champions League locations and has by no means certified beneath Mourinho.
Final week’s elimination from the Coppa Italia on the expense of rivals Lazio damage immensely too. Up till then Mourinho’s recognition amongst followers was god-like and the membership’s homeowners, the Friedkins, had been beneath stress to increase his contract.
This choice is a brave one from the Friedkins. They’ve seized the second as nobody can argue that that is the worst interval in Mourinho’s two and a half years on the membership.
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