This decision has been predicted for many days, when AS Roma was deep in crisis. They lost 3/5 of their last matches and fell to 9th place in Serie A. In the Italian National Cup, the capital team was also eliminated from the quarterfinals.
However, fans of Mourinho and Italian football in general have many reasons to feel sorry for the Portuguese strategist. AS Roma lost too many pillars recently due to injuries, including Dybala, Sanches, Smalling, Abraham, Aouar… It is understandable that they cannot maintain their form.
Mr. Mourinho arrived at Olimpico Stadium in the summer of 2021 and immediately made a mark. Before Mourinho arrived, the Italian capital team had been empty-handed for 13 years, and was thrown out of the top 6 of Serie A.
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In his first season leading Roma, the “special person” helped them win the Europa Conference League. That was also the first year this tournament was born, equivalent to the previous “C3 Cup” version.
In the following season, AS Roma remained in 6th place in Serie A, but reached the Europa League final. They only lost to Sevilla in the penalty shootout in the final.
Unlike previous teams, coach Mourinho was not given a large transfer budget at Roma.
In his first season with Mourinho, Roma spent more than 150 million euros to buy players. But in the next 2 seasons, they earned all of this money through sales. At the same time, only spend about 20 million euros to buy or borrow players who are past their prime such as Lukaku, Paredes, Wijnaldum…
Mr. Mourinho earns a salary of 10 million euros at Roma, but the contract will expire at the end of June. It is likely that the Italian capital team will only have to pay a small amount of compensation to the Portuguese strategist – who has received compensation of more than 100 million euros in his career thanks to his dismissal.
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