By Dipo Olowookere
Italian football club, AS Roma, has announced the sacking of its coach, Mr Jose Mourinho, less than three years after he was appointed.
The Portuguese joined the club in May 2021 and a year later, he guided AS Roma to win the Conference League in Tirana.
In the past few months, there had been reports of Mr Mourinho having it rough with the executives of the football outfit, leading to him parting ways with the club “with immediate effect,” according to a statement issued on Tuesday.
The statement from AS Roma confirmed that Mr Mourinho would be exiting the club along with “his coaching staff.”
“We would like to thank José on behalf of all of us at AS Roma for his passion and efforts since his arrival at the club,” said 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 José and his assistants all the best in their future endeavours,” the statement added.
AS Roma disclosed further that further updates on the new first-team coaching staff would follow imminently.
Mr Mourinho, who coached Chelsea, Tottenham, Manchester United, Real Madrid, Porto, and Inter Milan, became the 60th manager of AS Roma and led the club o the Europa League final in Budapest last season.