AS Roma part ways with Jose Mourinho as manager

Jose Mourinho has left Serie A facet Roma with instant impact, the membership introduced on Tuesday.

Mourinho’s contract was up on the finish of the season however, following their 3-1 defeat to AC Milan on Sunday and with the membership in ninth in Serie A, the house owners and the manager have parted ways.

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It brings an finish to Mourinho’s spell on the membership, which began in May 2021 and noticed him win the Europa Conference League title in 2022 and attain the Europa League last final season.

“We would like to thank José on behalf of all of us at Roma for his passion and efforts since his arrival at the club,” said owners Dan and Ryan Friedkin.

“We will always have great memories of his tenure at Roma, but we believe that an immediate change is in the best interests of the club. We wish Jose and his assistants all the best in their future endeavours.”

Mourinho’s three years at Roma peaked with them profitable the Europa Conference League title towards Feyenoord in Tirana. It was their first trophy in 11 years of their first European last since 1991.

But after a tricky 2023-24 season, the ultimate straw seems to be the defeat to Milan on the weekend. It got here after a poor run of kind when Roma have been knocked out of the Coppa Italia by native rivals Lazio on Jan. 10, and had only one win in six league matches. But simply final week, he was reiterating his dedication to the membership. “I’ve been here for two years and five months and I’m the only person here who hasn’t missed a single training session in that time,” Mourinho mentioned. “For me, there are no illnesses or bad moods.

“For two and a half years I have never carried out something mistaken, not even a few weeks in the past when everybody was sick. I don’t settle for in any approach that my professionalism and dignity, my coronary heart for this job, may be questioned. If there’s a good instance of professionalism, it’s me. I’ve by no means missed one match in over 20 years of my profession.”

Mourinho joined Roma in 2021 following a career that saw him manage FC Porto, Chelsea (twice), Inter Milan, Real Madrid, Manchester United and Tottenham. He took the Roma job just 15 days after being sacked at Spurs.

One of his final acts at Roma was to compare himself to Harry Potter.

“The Roma followers are essentially the most unbelievable I’ve seen,” Mourinho said. “Their coach is Jose ‘Harry Potter’ Mourinho, and he raises expectations.”