Twitter Reacts As Jose Mourinho Becomes New AS Roma Manager

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Jose Mourinho is driven away from his accommodation after leaving his job as Manchester United's manager.

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AS Roma have announced that Paulo Fonseca will depart the club at the end of the season and confirmed the appointment of Jose Mourinho.

Fonseca signed for the Italian side from Shakhtar Donetsk back in 2019 on a 2-year contract. The Portuguese had his fair share of exploits in Ukraine and was expected to lead the club through a bright path. But a run of mediocrity and poor results – notably a 6-2 loss against Manchester United in the Europa League last week – seem to have forced the hand of the Roma board.

This aspect reflects in the club statement that read:

“I would like to thank Paulo for all his work for the club over the last two seasons,” said Tiago Pinto, the club’s General Manager.

“Even if the results have not always been there on the pitch, we know that he has left many positive elements that will continue to help our development – like the many talented and young players he has encouraged and improved, and our progress in the Europa League this season.”

The announcement came on Tuesday afternoon without much media coverage prior to it.

However, the real shock came just hours later as Mourinho was announced as the new coach who will take over the reins at the Roman outfit. There were virtually no media reports of the Portuguese discussing a job at the Serie A club and thus the news came as a surprise to many.

As always, Twitter gave us some amusing reactions:

 

The former Chelsea boss’ mockery of Arsene Wenger as a ‘specialist in failure’ has returned to haunt himself in the latter stages of his career. Jose will definitely be hoping to shed that definition by turning things around for him and the Giallorossi next season.