José Mourinho is close to agreeing a deal with Saudi team Al Shabab following his sacking by AS Roma, a source has told ESPN.

New Roma head coach and club legend Daniele De Rossi has acknowledged the "love" the club's fans had for José Mourinho in his first news conference.

Max Rushden is joined by Jonathan Wilson, Solace Chukwu and Osasu Obayiuwana to cover the latest from the Africa Cup of Nations, along with the fall-out from Roma giving José Mourinho the boot Rate, review, share on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Audioboom, Mixcloud, Acast and Stitcher, and join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and email. On the podcast today; there have already been a number of upsets at Afcon, with no wins in their opening games for Egypt, Cameroon, Tunisia, Ghana and Nigeria. The panel debate whether any of this is actually that surprising and why the games so far have been so enjoyable. Continue reading...

Serie A club have turned to a beloved figure in Daniele De Rossi to pick up the pieces left by the Special One’s era of wild highs and lows Perhaps the story should have ended in Budapest. There had been speculation leading up to the Europa League final last May that it could be José Mourinho’s final week in charge of Roma. There were echoes of his previous time working for an Italian club, in 2010, when he led Internazionale to the treble in his second season then left to join Real Madrid immediately after winning the Champions League. He had not touched quite those same heights at Roma, but this was a different context. By claiming the inaugural Europa Conference League in his first season at the club Mourinho had already ended a 14‑year wait for silverware. To follow up in season two by lifting the Europa League would have been an extraordinary achievement with a side whose previous biggest continental success was winning the 1961 Inter-City Fairs Cup. Continue reading...

And so Jose Mourinho is gone, sacked by Roma. Once again in his third season. Once again, under a cloud. Once again, with opinion divided.

Roma have sacked manager José Mourinho with immediate effect after a run of poor results left the club ninth in Serie A. Mourinho is well known for his outbursts and post-match comments and here are a few of his best after nearly three years with the club. Roma sack José Mourinho with club ninth and keen on Daniele De Rossi Continue reading...

Manager has done many good things in capital but defeat at Milan means Champions League looks out of reach again “This is us, this is Roma,” said José Mourinho before his team’s game at Milan on Sunday. “You have the most incredible supporters I have ever seen in my life. And then you have a manager who, when people hear his name, they think it’s José Harry Mourinho Potter, not José Félix. The level of demand and expectation shoots up.” He was attempting to reset the narrative after a midweek Coppa Italia defeat by Lazio, perhaps his lowest moment since taking over the club in summer 2021. Roma’s league form had collapsed, with just one win in their previous five matches seeing them fall behind in the race for Champions League places, and now they had lost their shortest path to winning a trophy. None of that mattered as much as having dropped another derby. Continue reading...

AC Milan striker Olivier Giroud produced a sparkling performance as they secured a commanding 3-1 Serie A victory at home to AS Roma on Sunday.

AS Roma manager Jose Mourinho has called himself "Jose 'Harry Potter' Mourinho" and suggested he has raised expectations of what the club can achieve.