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You understand a coach being a good coach by seeing how he takes the most out of a player. Conte is a great coach and I think he could take the best out of any player he has and he looks like he is doing exactly that right now. Napoli is playing much better than last season if you ask me and the main reason for that is Conte, Napoli did a great job by getting him and I am sure they paid a good sum of money to get him as well so it's definitely a good thing that they manage to get a good coach.

Meret is a great goalkeeper and he will do fine with Napoli and if Conte wants him to stay then he could stay and do fine there, it should be something that will definitely benefit them and not be a big deal at all. I think it's clear that Conte has a plan with him in his mind and that is why he wants Meret to stay. Lukaku was also similar to that, he had Lukaku in mind, so much so that they sent Osimhen away, just to keep Lukaku being the starter striker.

It appears that Roma has hired a coach from Croatia, Ivan Juric, who has an experience with Torino in the previous season and left them this summer without being hired by any club until now.
That's a fresh news that I found in news just few minutes ago and i was quite curious why Roma didn't announce that just when they fired De Rossi which didn't spend enough time with the club in my opinion but unfortunately his record was not that good this season..

Surely the management of AS Roma has considered the decision to dismiss and there is already a replacement to replace De Rossi's coaching chair because if not it would be a mistake.
De Rossi is indeed loved by the fans but the club is more important because as you said they started the season badly and have not achieved a single win,
Regarding the match in the 5th week against Udinese, although as the host I still doubt AS Roma can win, maybe a draw could happen.
By the way, who is the new AS Roma coach, I haven't seen the latest news today.

I think when De Rossi came last season many people thought, including myself, that it was a temporary solution so that De Rossi could gain experience and the club could find a suitable coach for next season, but the club management for some reason decided to extend De Rossi's contract until 2027(!) and now they've sacked him.

Dybala saw when Roma spending 90 million dollars on strengthening and probably decided that there is a future in Roma, as well as Dovbic, who could have been invited by De Rossi himself, and now it turns out that no one understands what happened.
In addition there are only 4 games in seria A and season just started, so why was there such a hurry with De Rossi is unclear for me.  De Rossi had time to correct situation, but instead of that, as in the case of the sacking of Mourinho, the club will only have more problems.

Well yes, I have seen many things in football and I say them because for me they are mistakes that coaches make, and obviously they are mistakes that imply tough results for their team, for their fans, in this case Chelsea have to make all the changes that are necessary, filling them with young players is an option that they have not tried, it may be that it works for them, I don't know, but if it is to improve Chelsea I think it would be worth it, from my point of view I want things to improve for Chelsea, maybe this time they reach special positions to compete in the UCL next season.

Enzo Maresca full of praise for Chelsea’s ‘fantastic’ £51m summer signing




Source: https://metro.co.uk/2024/09/17/enzo-maresca-full-praise-chelseas-fantastic-51m-summer-signing-21622949/?ito=newsnow-feed

Is this true? I mean I get that De Rossi wasn't doing that awesome but he was loved so much after he replaced Mourinho and got a few good results at the first games as Roma manager, but then he didn't do that great. I think they must have someone in mind that they already talked to if they are letting him go, they are not going to let him go and then start looking for managers, that would be a wrong move, I am sure that if he is let go then they already verbally agreed with someone and they will replace him soon enough without a doubt.


You will see in a day or two they will announce who the new manager is because they must have bagged a good manager to make this kind of move this early into the season. Normally you wait until at least November or so to fire someone even bad, I mean decent ones even get fired but usually when the season ends, but even the terrible ones are waited until November or so, not right now at when its still September.

Italy is not for the weak. Too many curiosity from my ends because this is still early season and we've start to witnessed the immediate sack of some managers. The management did a good job to eradicate their problem? Do you think the management took a more appropriate decision when they decides the future of Daniele De Rossi? AS Roma sacked their headcoach for what exactly? Daniele De Rossi was yet to record a winning this season, take a rewind look at the match stats of AS Roma this season. 0W 3D 1L which is consider a very poor stats for such an elite club like Roma. Udinese is their next fixture, we should expect stellar performance from both parties but only one of them would stand out as the winner.

I don't know why these teams can't be consistent, is it because of the players that do leave once they get offer from any top team outside the Seria A, or it is because the coaches cannot maintain the team's performance due to some selfish decisions been made by most coaches?
People were criticizing Jose Mourinho that he spoiled Roma, he was then sacked and been succeeded by De Rossi; now De Rossi is also sacked due to inconsistent performance; what is really the problem?
Is the team management that are not patient to give coaches chance?
Or the coaches are not competent enough to handle such big teams?

Bologna after given a good performance last season are now also left behind, they sold some of their players and they are now having it difficult to maintain their last season's standard.
These is not just happening to Seria teams; it is also affecting several leagues including Bundesliga.

It's not like he left Europe because we think Napoli is thinking of selling him in the mid-season transfer window. After he transferred to Galatasaray, European teams are already making preparations to add him to their squad in the mid-season transfer window. I think Premier League teams will start competing to transfer him. Chelsea in particular could do this right now. In other words, he's on a temporary loan, the important thing right now is that he doesn't get injured during this period.

De Rossi dismissal came as no surprise to me after what happened to Roma this season, De Rossi has failed to meet Roma expectations of qualifying for the Champions League at the end of last season but Roma are still willing to keep him as coach this season, because he just continued the squad left by Mourinho last season, but seeing what happened this season obviously made Roma start to lose patience because they have spent a lot money to support De Rossi in building the Roma squad, but in fact Roma only got 3 points from 4 matches, many of us previously thought De Rossi was able to bring Roma better than Mourinho but in fact he was not able to bring Roma better this season.

Roma finally appointed Ivan Juric as coach and as was the case with De Rossi before, Roma also charged Ivan Juric to bring Roma to be able to qualify for the Champions League next season to get a new contract extension so that it can be said that if he is only the current Roma interim coach, so far Ivan Juric is a former Torino coach who does have an aggressive style of play and also has the ability to build a solid team,  But if you look at what happened to De Rossi, of course, the big burden is currently on Ivan Juric.

De Rossi became the first coach to be sacked in Serie A this season, most likely Fonsesca will be the second in my opinion after Milan have also continued to get bad results so far.

Just because an underdog team able to take the highest spot, it doesn't mean the league turns more competitive lol.

I think the top teams in Serie A are under perform, Inter and Juventus can't beat mediocre teams, Milan lose so many match and Roma now like shit after Mourinho left. They're all now equal.

What I'm really surprised is Bologna, they managed to finish at 5th position and qualify for Champions League, but they can't even win any match lol.

The Italian League this season is more competitive than last season, even Udinese who were at the bottom of the table last season have now made good improvements if De Rossi cannot improve the club's performance of course he will experience the same fate as Jose Mourinho and I think there is something wrong with De Rossi's strategy I think he is not compatible with the overhaul of new players he tried to overhaul the players left by Jose Mourinho but in the end he could not handle it. I think the loss of Lukaku has a big impact on the team even though Roma has found a replacement for Artem Dovbyk but still new players need to adapt first and this is his first season in the Italian League.

The team's results are really very weak and Roma is not playing as well as at the end of last season, the enthusiasm has passed and Roma is at the bottom of the table. De Rossi got his chance but could not take advantage of it, and the problem is not only in the high expectations from the management, although this is also present, if the team gets 3 points in 4 rounds, this in any case needs to be corrected. Perhaps this dismissal is too hasty, but this is their decision. As for Dybala and Dovbyk, this happens, but this is also their personal decision, I initially said that Atletico is obviously the best choice for Dovbyk, and for Dybalo it was necessary to make a choice between money or playing in Europe.

He has been free agent for two months which is quite a big time period. The reason why he was released by Lille was his decreased performance. He wasn't able to play like in his first times anymore and he lost his place at the team.    As for the Saudi Arabia option, I think it would be the best option for him now. But I haven't heard of any interest. The worst case scenario, he would go back to Turkey. Better than being free agent.

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Barcelona has already started the talks with Yamal for a new contract to extend with him until 2030. But they are waiting for him to turn 18 first. As his current contract ends by 2026, they had better sign a long contract with him. 

I don't expect Barcelona to lose him honestly. Even if other big teams go after him I expect Yamal to be the future there.

Pioli is close to replacing sacked Luis Castro in Al Nassr.


https://onefootball.com/en/news/pioli-close-to-cristiano-ronaldos-al-nassr-after-coach-fired-40046553

Former Milan coach Stefano Pioli might be on his way to replace Luis Castro in Al Nassr. The management of the club is just impatient that they had to sack him after three league games and getting five points. Maybe the club also considered last season's disappointing performance. The Saudi side is seeking a coach that can help them end the dominance of Al-Hilal and Al-Ittihad. The 58 old Italian has a lot of experience since he was part of the management of clubs like Salernitana, Modena, Parma, Grosseto, Piacenza, Sassuolo, Chievo, Palermo, Bologna, Lazio, Inter, Fiorentina and Milan. We just hope that he will have a good working relationship with the players of the club and especially with Ronaldo.

This is indeed a very strange handling of the situation. Maybe one reason was that De Rossi, after doing so well when he took over from Mourinho, messed up a little bit towards the end of the season when he was only able to gather 5 points out of the last 5 games. Otherwise he would have almost made it into the Champions League after Mourinho couldn't get the job done for Roma.

But now as you said, spending 90 million on transfers and then sack him after four games, what are they going to do next? At least De Rossi was someone the fans could identify with. I would have given him at least 8-10 games. No doubt that this start into the season was crap, but it is not as if they got destroyed in the league. They didn't lose against Juventus away from home and they didn't concede a ton of goals. They were superior against Cagliari and Empoli had a damn lucky day. Roma fired 27 shots against them, but could only score once. That doesn't happen all season long, it was most likely an exception. Roma was on eye-level against Juventus.

Yes three points after four games is not enough, but I would always consider how these results came about and it's not as if Roma would be without chances this season. But now I am curious who will be the new coach. What can they even do after trying out Mourinho and De Rossi?

“AS Roma announces that Daniele De Rossi has been relieved of his duties as head coach of the first team.
The club's decision is made in the best interests of the team, to get back on the desired path as soon as possible at a time when the season is still in its early stages.” https://www.asroma.com/en/news/71904/club-statement

The love for De Rossi from Roma's bosses did not last long and as a result of a bad start to the season, after 4 games Roma have only 3 points, but the strangest thing for me is not the news that De Rossi will not do well, it was clear after Mourinho's dismissal, because it became clear that the Roma management has little idea of the club's capabilities.
It's also not clear why De Rossi's 90 million transfers were made and then he was sacked after only 4 games. Again strange behavior of the Roma management.
What about Roma players like Dovbic who trusted De Rossi and joined the club or players like Dybala who didn't go to Saudi Arabia but decided to stay at Roma?

You don’t always get lucky as a player. Everyone can see Joao Felix is a very talented player but sometimes players get unlucky at some point in their career,m. He has struggled to stay consistent in recent season even back at Barcelona and Atletico Madrid. Hopefully he finds his rhythm and returns his form to assist his club climb up the league table.

Because he have no choice.

Although previously Manchester United and Newcastle United were interested to sign Rabiot, but I think Rabiot didn't want to lower his salary, so he's keep waiting till there's a team want to fulfill what he wants.

However, he waited too long and many European leagues already close their transfer windows, so playing for Marseille seems not the worst decision instead of not in any team.

Pioli can manage the team well. I am sure he also notices the weak areas and thinks the best about transferring players to those areas. As far as I know, there is no agreement yet, but I think Pioli would be one of the best options. I hope Al Nassr makes an agreement with him and Cristiano Ronaldo will have better teammates and success. They have had a very bad start in the Saudi Arabian League right now, so they need to announce a new coach soon to make up for this.