Earthquake in Rome, it’s a divorce between Ranieri and the club. The official press release soon

The controversy that has arisen in recent weeks ends in the most sensational and ‘bloody’ way (for the fans) Claudio Ranieri e Gian Piero Gasperini. Sir Claudio, protagonist of last year’s sensational ride that brought the Roma one step away from Champions and today the man-symbol of the Giallorossi club interrupts his relationship with the club. The news, confirmed by sources within As Roma. The official press release is awaited.

I Friedkin have chosen to end the relationship with the senior advisor after the increasingly evident rift with the coach, inviting him to resign.

The fourth choice and the tensions in Trigoria

Last April 9th, in the conference on the eve of Rome-PisaRanieri explained in an interview that 5 or 6 coaches had been evaluated, that three had refused and that in the end the company had chosen Gasperini. On that same occasion, Ranieri effectively defined it as the “fourth choice” of the summer, a formula later taken up by several newspapers in the story of the clash with Gasperini: “We chose him for what he he had done at Atalanta: start with young people and slowly bring them onto big stages,” he said.

The role of advisor and the market

Ranieri then specified that he was the advisor of the property and not of Gasperinimarking a clear distance between the two roles. Ranieri claimed to have participated in the market choicesclaiming that no player would have arrived without Gasperini’s approval. At the same time, he defended the company’s line, explaining that the constraints of financial fair play had limited operational possibilities.

Showdown and crisis of results

Gian Piero Gasperini tried to tone it down, publicly denying the existence of disagreements with Ranieri, but the political message had already gone out and no one in Rome could any longer pretend that the problem didn’t exist. The story thus quickly took on the contours of one reckoning internal. Ranieri, for years a figure of guarantee, has gone from a man-symbol to a figure perceived as cumbersome in the new balance of the club. The paradox is that the very coach who had helped Roma regain order has become the center of a fracture.

The Frieddkins’ choice and the amazement of the fans

The company’s choice to rely on Gasperini, indicated by Ranieri as a shared option but not directly wanted by him, changed the balance and opened a phase in which every declaration became a test of strength. Meanwhile, the field did not reserve after an exciting first phase for the fans, a series of disappointments that also compromised the apparent serenity within the club. The problem, in fact, was not just the performance, but the impossible coexistence between two figures too strong.

Ranieri maintained his line, Gasperini defended his autonomy, the owners observed. Until today when the decision came like a bolt from the blue: to break off the relationship withRanieri to close the conflict and safeguard the technical project. Ranieri leaves the scene as a man of service, but also as the latest victim of a transition that a Trigoria continues to leave tears. Now Roma have to demonstrate that the choice to move on will not just be a change of names, but a real turning point. And the fans? For now they are just astonished and shocked.