Ranieri, retired in Rome at 73 years old!

Since Ivan Juric was dismissed on Sunday, many coaches have been linked to the Roma bench. Roberto Mancini seemed to be the best placed at first but over time, other candidates were added to the list, such as Massimiliano Allegri, Erik ten Hag, Graham Potter, Frank Lampard, Rudi García or Vincenzo Montella, gradually discarded for one reason or another.

Finally the choice of the American owners of Roma is Claudio Ranieri! At 73 years old, the prestigious Italian coach announced his retirement in May, when he secured the permanence of his beloved Cagliari on the last day of Serie A.

The call that changed your decision

But a call from Roma convinced him to return to the bench. As revealed by the Italian press, the final ‘yes’ came this Wednesday afternoon and Ranieri, in the absence of an official announcement, will become the fourth coach of the ‘gianlorosso’ team from the beginning of 2024 after José Mourinho, Daniele De Rossi and Ivan Juric.

Ranieri traveled yesterday with his agent to London, where since Monday the American owners of Roma, the president Dan Friedkin and the vice president, his brother Ryan, to resolve the crisis. The agreement envisages directing the team until the end of the season and then the veteran coach will come on board.

Ranieri will direct the first training session tomorrow and begins his third spell on the Roma bench after his two previous tours, from 2009 to 2011 and from March to May 2019.

Ranieri has coached a long list of teams, including Valencia twice (1997-1999 and 2004-2005) and Atlético (1999-2000), as well as Cagliari, Naples, Fiorentina, Chelsea, Parma, Juventus, Inter , Monaco, national team of Greece, Nantes, Fulham, Sampdoria or Watford), but his great success came in 2016, when he achieved one of the greatest achievements in the history of the sport. by making lowly Leicester champions of the Premier League.