Claudio Ranieri’s return to the capital is not the only move by the Friedkins to “fix” the situation Romeget it back on track already this season and plan the club’s future on a solid basis. His return will have implications on the company’s organizational chart, because Ranieri is not just the fan-coach but a manager in the making.
His profile combines the technical knowledge necessary for the role with a Romanism which, for some time, fans have lamented the disappearance of. Mourinho’s overwhelming personality made up for it, but the lack of points of reference for the fans’ sense of belonging, which culminated with De Rossi’s exit, made itself felt. However, the moves that the shareholder is preparing are, above all, of an economic nature, that is, the desire to intervene in the January market, to bring in those reinforcements that can give Ranieri the possibility of relaunching the club, underlines today the Corriere dello Sport.
The paradox is that Roma, fifth in the UEFA ranking (the best position among Italian clubs) behind only monstrous clubs such as City, Real, Bayern and Liverpool, have been out of the Champions League for five years now. There is very little to dispute about Friedkin’s economic commitment. Since his arrival in the capital, the American tycoon has invested almost a billion, of which only 199 million to buy the club. The rest was used to finance operating losses (half a billion in the three-year period ’21-23) due to the structural difference between revenues and costs. That is, between the income that the club manages to generate and the commitment necessary to keep it at competitive levels.