Roma sack De Rossi after four games of season
(FILES) Italy's assistant coach Daniele De Rossi supervises warm up prior to the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Group C qualification football match between Italy and Northern Ireland at the Ennio-Tardini stadium in Parma on March 25, 2021. Daniele De Rossi began a new adventure at Roma on January 16, 2024, as the World Cup winner took over at his boyhood club following the sudden sacking of Jose Mourinho. The former Italy midfielder, who spent almost the entirety of his playing career at Roma, signed a deal "until 30 June 2024" with the Serie A club hours after Mourinho was dismissed. (Photo by Marco BERTORELLO / AFP)
Roma have sacked manager Daniele
de Rossi just four matches into the new Serie A season.
Roma, who hired De Rossi to
replace Jose Mourinho at the Stadio Olimpico in January, have been unable to
win any of their Serie A matches this season, drawing three and losing at home
to Empoli last month.
Roma are currently 16th in the
Serie A standings following their 1-1 draw at
Genoa on Sunday.
A club statement read: "The
club's decision is taken in the interest of the team to be able to promptly
resume the desired path at a time when the season is still at its beginning.
"To Daniele, who will always
be at home in the Giallorossi club, a heartfelt thanks for the work carried out
in these months with passion and dedication."
De Rossi's tenure at Roma started
superbly. In his first 11 league matches, Roma lost just once, picking up 26
points from a possible 33. That run took Roma from ninth to fifth in the table.
They also reached the semi-finals
of the Europa League, being knocked out by Bundesliga champions Bayer
Leverkusen.
A sixth-place finish last season
saw them qualify again for this season's Europa League. Among Roma's fixtures
in Europe this season are a trip to Tottenham on 28 November.
This summer, Roma signed last
season's La Liga top goal scorer Artem Dovbyk from Girona and experienced
German center-back Mats Hummels on a free transfer.
There have been a number of
exits. Former Manchester United center-back Chris Smalling left for Saudi Pro
League side Al-Fayha, former Chelsea striker Tammy Abraham has joined AC Milan
on loan, and Romelu Lukau, who spent last season on loan from Chelsea with
Roma, has joined Napoli.
Andrea Belotti (Como), Rui Patricio
(Atalanta), and Leonardo Spinazzola (Napoli) have also departed in recent
months.
As a player, De Rossi, who is now
41, spent 22 years with Roma between 1997 and 2019, making 616 appearances for
them. He was also part of Italy's 2006 World Cup-winning side.
The Friedkin Group, whose
proposed takeover of Everton collapsed in July, owns a 95.97% stake in the
club.
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