And on the successor on the bench, with Dan Friedkin dreaming of Ancelotti, the market proposing Allegri, and consultants suggesting Farioli and Fabregas, Ranieri, smiling and joking, gives nothing away.
A lone man in command. Not the president, nor even the vice-president son; not the managing director, a position vacant since last September 22nd, and neither the head of the technical area. In Rome, recently expelled from the Coppa Italia, ninth in the championship, and awaiting the decisive Europa League play-off with Porto, the patriarch/coach Claudio Ranieri calls the shots. He was pulled from retirement less than three months ago by the motion of affections, from a sense of service, and a future role as a football consultant for the Friedkin owners. This is reported by Matteo De Santis in La Stampa. Attached to the justification, a market regret also emerges: “The president and I wanted Kolo Muani but it couldn’t be done. I was never told that we were now going to revolutionize.” The revolutionary vacation granted to Paredes and Hummels is making waves, with employees whose cumulative annual salaries hover around 6 million, weary from their heavy (and frequent) use. And as for the succession on the bench, with Dan Friedkin dreaming of Ancelotti, the market suggesting Allegri, and consultants recommending Farioli and Fabregas, Ranieri refuses to be drawn in, smiling and joking, “New coach? In the end, I’ll play a trick on you“. You didn’t provide any text to translate. Please, provide a text to continue.