Claudio Ranieri is out as a particular adviser at Roma following a falling out with coach Gian Piero Gasperini.
“AS Roma confirms the connection with Claudio Ranieri has ended,” the membership mentioned in an announcement Friday. “The membership want to thank Claudio for his important contributions to Roma. He led the group by way of a really difficult time and we are going to at all times be thankful for his efforts.”
The 74-year-old Ranieri stepped down as Roma coach on the finish of final season — when the group missed out on qualifying for the Champions League by one level regardless of a robust end. He then grew to become a particular adviser for the group’s American house owners and was concerned in choosing Gasperini as his successor.
However Ranieri just lately turned crucial of Gasperini’s complaints over Roma’s dealing within the switch market and went public along with his disapproval.
The group have sided with Gasperini.
“As we glance to the long run, our course is evident. The membership is robust, with stable management and an outlined imaginative and prescient,” Roma mentioned. “AS Roma will at all times come first. We have now full confidence within the path forward below Gian Piero Gasperini, with the shared goal of rising, bettering and delivering outcomes worthy of our historical past.”
Roma are sixth with 5 rounds remaining in Serie A, 5 factors under the Champions League locations.
Ranieri was introduced out of retirement to educate his hometown group in November 2024 when Roma had been struggling in twelfth place. He guided the group to a fifth-place end because the Giallorossi misplaced simply as soon as throughout the second half of the season.
