AGI – Roma announced that the coach Paulo Fonseca will leave the club at the end of the season. The news was in the air, given that the 48-year-old Portuguese coach did not bring the team to the Champions League (the condition for automatic renewal) and he could hardly hope for an extension with a seventh place in the league and the adventure in the Europa League in fact already over. Fonseca and his technical staff will continue to lead the First Team until the end of the season and for the next one in pole position there is Maurizio Sarri that we in the next few days should free himself from the contract with Juve.
The thanks of the company
“On behalf of everyone at AS Roma, we would like to thank Paulo Fonseca for the hard work and leadership shown during these two years,” said President Dan Friedkin in a statement.
Fonseca had signed a two-year contract with the Giallorossi in summer 2019, taking over from Shakhtar Donetsk, where he won the Cup and the Championship in each of the three seasons in which he led the Ukrainian club. Previously, he had coached Pacos Ferreira, Braga and Porto. “Paulo led the team through several challenges, including the Covid pandemic and a change of ownership, and he did so with generosity, fairness and great character,” reads a note, “we wish him all the best for his commitments. future and we are sure that it will represent a fantastic added value wherever it goes “.
Pinto and the enhancement of young people
Tiago Pinto, General Manager of the Sports Area, added: “I would like to thank Paulo for the work he has done at the Club in the last two seasons”. “Even if the results have not always emerged on the pitch, we are aware of the various positive elements that he left us and that will continue to help us in our growth, such as the many talented young people he has encouraged and improved and our progress in the Europa League in this season. At Roma we are trying to build a path to success and I am sure that Paulo has played his role in this process ”.
“In these two years we have experienced ups and downs, but I have always given my best for this club and for this city, which has welcomed me very well,” said Paulo Fonseca. “I want to thank all the Roma fans, the people who work with us in Trigoria, the players, those who have supported us on this path, in particular Dan and Ryan Friedkin for their continuous support since they arrived and Tiago Pinto, a excellent professional, whom I wish the best in his path in this club. We still have very important games to win this season and we will give our best as always. Thanks Rome “.
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