After the New Year, Roma suffered two consecutive defeats in the league arena, and the team now ranks sixth in Serie A with 10 wins, 2 draws and 9 defeats, and the team has completely lost the possibility of the title. Roma are now 17 points away from inter at the top of the table and nine points away from fourth-placed Atalanta, and reaching the Champions League is a huge problem for them. A fact before Roma management is that although the team's new owner, Friedkin, has invested 400 million euros in the team since taking over Roma in the fall of 2020, and the team also spent 100 million euros on reinforcements last summer, the highest cost in Serie A, but their team strength has not really changed.
During Fonseca's tenure last season, Roma were fourth in the league after half-time, compared to Mourinho's performance this season, which was not as good as Fonseca, and the resources he received were far from being comparable to Fonseca. Roma actually bought some players who have proven themselves in the Premier League this summer, such as Tammy Tammy Abraham and Wolves' main goalkeeper Palacios, but the team's strength has not improved. While this has something to do with Spinazzolla's injury at the European Cup, the absence of a left-back is by no means a real problem.
Roma's boss is now very disappointed with the team's record, after all, Roma's investment is definitely the top in Serie A. They have the highest transfer expenses in Serie A, and their salary investment is second only to Juve Inter, and Mourinho is the highest paid manager in Serie A, but they have not improved substantially compared to last season. After the last defeat to Juve, Mourinho said after the match that seventh place in Serie A was a reflection of Roma's true strength, which made the gap between him and the dressing room even deeper. Since he came to Roma, there have been a lot of clashes between him and the dressing room, and during the training camp he called many players redundant, and then excluded many substitutes from the first team.
Of course, Roma's squad depth does have big problems, incomparable with Juve Inter, but Mourinho is not without problems. Roma's management has a record requirement, they want Roma to get back on track, and at worst they also want to see the team improve. But the backlash that surged through the dressing room and the team's poor ranking in the standings left them deeply disappointed in Mourinho. Previous media reports have said that Roma's boss is angry and disappointed with everything about the team, but Mourinho's position will not be too threatened.
After Mourinho came to Rome, Roma boss Friedkin had promised that he would never leave school, but the real reason was that the termination fee in Mourinho's contract was as high as 30 million euros, which was also a huge amount of money for Roma. So unless the team has reached the point of exhaustion, Roma will not easily start the graduation process, although they already have a very strong desire subjectively. Such a high termination fee is a difficult expense for a team like Roma to bear, and in fact it is unacceptable for any club to pay such a big price for a change of manager.
The fact is that Mourinho himself is the head coach who has received the most severance payments in football, and he has received huge severance payments in Real Madrid, Chelsea, Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur, and now this long string of names may be added to a Roma. Despite Roma's many problems, he said at the press conference that "it is normal for mid-range teams to be in the middle of the table", which is obviously a greater stimulus for management. With his coaching and management skills in recent years, if he is fired by Roma, it may be difficult for him to get any more huge contracts, after all, in the football world, everything is about results. And the experiences of Tottenham, Manchester United, Roma are in front, and there will not be too many clubs that do not believe in evil.