José Mourinho is leaving Roma “with immediate effect,” the club announced, bringing to a close a successful but eventful stay in the Italian capital for the veteran coach.
The move came two days after a 3-1 loss at AC Milan left Roma in ninth place in Serie A and at risk of missing the Champions League for a sixth straight season.
Roma were eliminated by Lazio in a Coppa Italia derby last week.
Mourinho is in his third season at Roma and his contract expires in June. He led the Giallorossi to the UEFA Conference League name in his first season and Roma were runners-up in the Europa League last season.
But Mourinho also imposed a series of bans for his protests and tirades against referees, anything that obviously didn’t go down well with Roma’s American owners.
Mourinho was banned by UEFA from four European games for verbally abusing the Europa League final referee in a stadium garage after Roma lost to Sevilla. He was also suspended for the game at Milan on Sunday due to protests.
“AS Roma can confirm that Jose Mourinho and his coaching staff will leave the club with immediate effect,” the club said in a statement on Tuesday.
“We would like to thank Jose on behalf of all of us at AS Roma for his fans and hard work since he arrived at the club,” said Dan and Ryan Friedkin.
“We will have good memories of his time at Roma, but we believe that an early replacement is the most productive thing for the club. “Roma added that updates on the coaching staff “will be kept imminently. “
Former Roma captain Daniele De Rossi is being talked about as a goalkeeper imaginable, amid reports that the assets are looking to sign Antonio Conte for next season.