The return to Italy 11 years after the treble with Inter. For the next three years he will train the Giallorossi. Greetings to the fans: “Daje”
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Having survived the attempts of seasoned strategists, more or less sensible bets, foreign gurus and returning horses, the Romanist curse of the “zeru tituli” will have to be exorcised by its creator. Launched by José Mourinho on March 3, 2009, although effective from May 24, 2008 (Coppa Italia won against the last Inter of the first Mancini), who knows if it will continue for the next three years to the treatments of the Special One, not even back on track for 16 days after being sacked by Tottenham.
Roma, in just one day, made the Portuguese relay on the bench official: many greetings at the end of the season to Paulo Fonseca, however in his place tomorrow with United, for the last four days of the championship and called to leave the Giallorossi boat in Europe , and announcement with great fanfare of the landing of Mou. A media masterpiece, cultivated in silence, which bears the signature of the owner Dan Friedkin, endorsed by his son Ryan: Rome returned to the front pages of the world, clogged social networks and suspended due to excess rise in the stock market (+21.02%) .
The turning point, when all the signals led to Sarri (displaced by the turnaround), astride the defeat of the first leg with United: while in Manchester Fonseca was shipwrecked, in London the Friedkins – with the good offices of the American agency Caa (which deals with the commercial affairs of the technician) – they met with Mou and collected his availability. A clue had also come out of the mouth of Mourinho himself in an interview with the Times: “I am tied to Inter, but I could coach a rival in Italy”.
Said and done on the night between Monday and Tuesday, when the Friedkins ordered Tiago Pinto to call Jorge Mendes to close the contract of one of his most popular clients.
Operation closed at dawn by the two Portuguese, the Giallorossi gm and the super-prosecutor, and by three English lawyers: three-year agreement from 1 July 2021, 8 million net engagement with bonuses (10 gross) per season and Tottenham which, for previous agreements , will pay an adjustment of almost 9 million for the first year.
«I immediately understood how high the company’s ambition is: together we want to build a winning path over the years. Daje Roma! », The first words of the Romanist José. A twist arrived two hours after the communiqué (already planned from the day before) of the farewell to Fonseca, who learned of the hiring of the compatriot, who overturns the work in progress for the future Rome: no longer so sure. ‘goodbye to Dzeko, open evaluations on Smalling, Mkhitaryan and Pedro (already had, between United and Chelsea, by Mou) and on the returns from loans of Florenzi and Kluivert; a call to De Rossi is not impossible for the technical staff.
The Special One, 25 trophies collected between Porto, Chelsea, Inter, Real and United, has taken on one of the most complicated missions of its twenty-year career: to bring at least one “title” back to an empty bulletin board for 13 years. Also due to the fault, in the previous Inter life (a Super Cup, an Italian Cup and a Scudetto won in front of Roma), of the anathema launched by Mou. –