AS Roma confirms Garcia departure

AS Roma has confirmed on their official website that Rudi Garcia, and his assistants Frederic Bompard and Claude Fichaux, will cease to manage its first team with immediate effect.

13 January 2016, 12:15pm
by Staff Reporter

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Rudi Garcia

Garcia, who won Ligue 1 with Lille in 2011, was unveiled as the Giallorossi’s new coach on 12 June 2013. He led the team to 10 wins in the first 10 league matches of the 2013-14 season and went on to record consecutive second place finishes in Serie A. Given recent results, however, the club have decided to move in a new direction.

The dip in form has seen the capital club fall to seven points off the top of the table, and former Roma Coach Spalletti is the favourite to succeed him.

In an official statement, Roma President Jim Pallotta said: “On behalf of myself and everyone at AS Roma, I’d like to thank Rudi Garcia for all of his hard work since joining the club. We’ve all enjoyed some great moments during his time at Roma but we believe that this is the right time for a change.”

The team training session be run by Alberto De Rossi.