It’s been some time since at Rome chaos reigns. The comings and goings of coaches, heavy criticism from fans and sometimes misunderstanding of market strategies led the club to sack Jose Mourinho and Daniel De Rossias well as the resignation of the club’s CEO, the Greek Lina Soulokouthe latest casualty of a disorder with then and Ryan Firedkinthe owners, in the spotlight.
The Greek Lina Souloukou This Sunday he submitted his resignation as executive director of Rome, just three days after the unexpected dismissal of the Italian Daniel De Rossi as a coach who has provoked the anger of a good part of Romanista fans, despite the fact that he has not achieved success so far this season.
“The Rome announcing the resignation of the executive director Lina Souloukou. We are grateful Lina his dedication at a particularly critical stage for the Club and we wish him the best in his future professional challenges,” the club reported in an official statement.
The dismissal of Rossi This surprised a large part of ‘gianlorossa’ fans, who blamed the executive director for the decision. In fact, this same Saturday it was reported in Italy that the now ex-CEO of the Roman club was placed under “protective measures” due to the tensions created and the threats and insults he received since Thursday, the day of dismissal in Romanist legend. .
No Reward Investment in the Friedkin Family
To fully understand the context of what is happening in ‘Loba’ you need to travel to 2020. The property of Rome falls in the capital of America, in the family Friedkin. Dan and Ryan They are the visible face, although this is the first of them, a film producer, who appears as the owner and president of the club since he acquired it in 2020 for 600 million euros.
Since then the investment is almost a billion euros that he wants to return to Rome in Champions League habitually, create a project based on the elite. Goal not reached. The last time in the ‘Champions’ was in the 2018-19 round of 16.
Only one Conference League, covered by Mourinhoor, and a Europa League final – also included Mourinho– lost to him Seville They seem to have mitigated the poor performance in Serie A and opened the door to the prospect of a return to the ‘Champions’ and financial reward. He struck at it, but he did not reach it.
Almost a billion euros resulted in seventh place and three consecutive sixths. A large investment that, in addition, will have to be higher in the coming years if the Rome want to have their own stadium.
Who is Lina Soulokou?
Soulokoumother of two small children, which is why the aforementioned security measures have increased in recent hours due to the increase in threats, before she came to Rome she was a member of the board of directors of the Association of European Clubs (ECA) and director general of Olympiacos.
The leader arrived Romin April 2023 and since then he has been the highest official of the club representing the American owners. That is his right hand. And he is the executive hand of some controversial movements in the Italian capital.
Under his command, always directed and in harmony with the Friedkins, he made decisions about Mourinho and De Rossiwhich caused great anger among the fans. He also replaced the Portuguese Thiago Pinto for the French Florent Ghisolvi in the position of sports director.
Now Ghisolfi himself and Maurizio Lombardo, the club’s director of football operations from 2021, appear as possible replacements for Soulokou.
The near sale of Dybala, another criticized management
Another move that left fans frustrated with Souloukou was the club’s decision to field the Argentine Paulo Dybala in the market.
The player has an automatic renewal clause if he plays 14 games in the current campaign, but Roma want to free up the salary mass and that is why they accept the offer of Saudi Arabia it came and ‘Jewel’ ended up turning it down at the last moment.
Some Italian media suggest that, in fact, the Argentine decision changed the relationship between Soulokou and De Rossibecause the board would have asked the coach to try not to have the player play too much so that the renewal clause would not be activated. Exactly as it happened in Antoine Griezmann at Atlético de Madrid while on loan at Barcelona.
A series of actions that meant that in just a year and a half in office, Souloukou went through 2 coaches – 3 if including the new one, Juric – and 2 sports directors, as well as several controversies in the transfer market , the more famous of Dybala. All have no real reward for sporting performance, with the same false course that has set the tone for today’s seasons.
The ‘Juric era’ begins
Also this Sunday, the Rome new coach, the Croatian Ivan Juriclooking for the first victory for ‘Loba’ so far this season. A change of style with a coach experienced in Italy, with a defined system based on defensive solidity. He is facing his great challenge, it is the biggest team he has coached.
It starts against an unbeaten Udinese team and who, as was the case the day before, will take the lead if they win.
The match will be held at the Olympic Stadium in Rome, where massive criticism of the board is expected for the decision to dismiss. De Rossi. In fact, the most radical faction of fans was absent for the first half hour of the match and encouraged other fans to do the same.
However, neither of the club’s owners, the American Friedkin family, who had returned to America after De Rossi’s case; Even Souloukou himself, who would focus criticism on the stadium, was not present.
The Rome They face Athletic Club de Bilbao this Thursday on the same stage, on the first day of the reformed Europa League.
Source: La Verdad
I’m Rose Herman and I work as an author for Today Times Live. My expertise lies in writing about sports, a passion of mine that has been with me since childhood. As part of my job, I provide comprehensive coverage on everything from football to tennis to golf.
