A decline in Jose Mourinho’s career began in 2015, when he was sacked by Chelsea after a series of poor results, even thou he won the league in his second stint with the Blues. From then on, the Portuguese coach was sacked in every club he has coaching: Manchester United (2018), Tottenham (2021) and now Roma (2024). And yet, his colleague, the legendary Fabio Capello is full of support for him, and openly criticized his sacking. Off course, he decided to leave out the arguments like poor results, and instead, focused on the American owners in Italian football, and their apparent ‘lack of respect’ for coaches.“I think that these American ownership groups don’t respect people. We saw it at Milan with Maldini and now today with Mourinho. There’s no sensibility, just business.”🗣 Fabio Capello to Sky pic.twitter.com/yia7fiPZNO— Italian Football TV (@IFTVofficial) January 16, 2024 This is the second time that the American owners (in this case the Friedkin family) did something disrespectful. The first time was decisions by the American owners of AC Milan to sack the mighty sporting director’s duo Paolo Maldini and Ricky Massara. “It seems to be that these American owners have a strange way of handling things, with no respect for those who work for them. They are disrespectful because we saw how Maldini was sacked with a phone call, and now they did the same with Mourinho, who was at Trigoria and was told that he was no longer in charge. There is no sensitivity around there; there is business. They are the owners, and they decide, but I believe in something more, in a certain sense of respect for those working with you, saying goodbye in a different way rather than with a cold statement or a cold call would have been better. It was clear that they weren’t on the same page. Mourinho had had some requests but received no answers, and this was already a signal that things were not working. I feel Mourinho was treated like somebody who had never coached a team, in a very disrespectful way for a coach who has given a lot to world football, not only European. It’s an attitude that is unconvincing and which I don’t accept” said Capello to Sky Sports Italia. Heart over mind as untested club legend comes in to pick up the piecesJust after sacking Mourinho, the Roma owners announced club’s former captain and legend Daniele De Rossi as the coach until June 2024. Managing only Serie B SPAL so far (unsuccessfully), De Rossi will have a tough task ahead of him. “It’s a big leap; he takes charge of a team that is struggling, with just 13 players available currently, so it’s difficult to line up a competitive squad, but of course, it’s an excellent opportunity for De Rossi. I had also started with SPAL, so we have something in common. Now the difficult part starts: he must motivate the players and enter their minds, proving that they are a real team” explained the Italian tactician.Jose Mourinho made a fortune just from sack paymentsCapello also remembered how Daniele De Rossi made a Roma debut as a player 20 years ago, when he was coaching Giallorossi. “It was so nice, I was convinced Alberto Aquilani was better than De Rossi, so I gave him his debut. After the first half, I told Alberto: ‘You have to play like you do in training’ but in the second half, he didn’t show enough personality, so I told De Rossi to go in. At the end of the game I said: ‘Daniele is ready to stay at Roma and Aquilani needs to get more experience elsewhere’ and he did well at Triestina. But De Rossi was ready from the very beginning, we’ll see if the same will happen as the Roma coach” he said. ##NAJAVA_MECA_7805357##
