Apart from a tight battle for Serie A trophy between Inter Milan and Napoli, the most popular stories in Italy are about AC Milan and Roma. Rossonerri will almost certainly get a new coach when the season ends even thou Sergio Conseisao is in the club, while their quest for a new sporting director is already old news. As far as AS Roma is concerned, only a new manager will arrive, as the current one will move to the executive’s box. Claudio Ranieri accepted to be an interim manager after the dismissal of Ivan Jurić but only on condition to become the director at the end of the season and he will be in charge to name his successor. There are few names flying about, and one new appeared – Patrick Vieira.🚨 Genoa boss Patrick Vieira is in the running to become Roma’s new coach, with the former Arsenal midfielder on a four-man shortlist for the job. (Source: Sky Sport Italia) pic.twitter.com/5F62Xeo6I9— Transfer News Live (@DeadlineDayLive) April 11, 2025 Former Arsenal captain took over Genoa’s job in December 2024, succeeding ex-Italy striker Alberto Gilardino who was in helm for two years and got Genoa promoted, but was sacked when the club was at the 17th place, just one point above the relegation zone. Since taking over, Vieira managed to stabilize the club and they now sit in 12th place, 14 points above the relegation zone. According to Sky Sports Italia, Ranieri added the former Gunner to his shortlist and he has a favorable contact with Genoa, from which he can get out if a sum of 500.000 euros is paid, which would be no problem for Roma.He just arrived and he’s already regretting it: Balotelli reunites with his ‘favorite’ coach VieiraHowever, there are other candidates, and all of them have a better record in Italy than Vieira. Stefano Pioli, Maurizio Sarri and Vincenzo Montella are all in the mix. Sarri has been without a job since last May, when Lazio sacked him, but he already has a good CV which contains Serie A title with Juventus (2019/20) and UEFA Europa League with Chelsea (2018/19). Stefano Pioli won the title with AC Milan in 2021/22 season and now manages All Nassr, but getting out of that contract shouldn’t be a problem. Montella already has a long coaching history in Italy, and was Roma’s player and interim manager, and he is currently the coach of Turkey. Vieira became the manager of New York City in 2016. He then coached Nice and led them to a seventh-place finish in Ligue 1 in his first season but was fired in December 2020. Vieira became Palace manager in 2021 and guided the Eagles to the FA Cup semi-finals. He was sacked in 2023 after a 12-game winless run, before joining Strasbourg as their first appointment following a takeover by BlueCo, the company which also owns Chelsea.SERIE A – MATCHDAY 32Friday21:45: (3.90) Udinese (3.50) Milan (1.97)Saturday16:00: (1.80) Venezia (3.50) Monza (4.70)19:00: (1.33) Inter (5.00) Cagliari (10.0)21:45: (1.35) Juventus (4.80) Lecce (10.0)Sunday13:30: (2.00) Atalanta (3.45) Bologna (3.80)16:00: (1.72) Fiorentina (3.60) Parma (5.20)16:00: (2.90) Verona (2.95) Genoa (2.70)19:00: (2.00) Como (3.40) Torino (3.90)21:45: (2.85) Lazio (3.00) Roma (2.75)Monday21:45: (1.33) Napoli (4.90) Empoli (10.5)***odds are subject to change***
