Jose Mourinho will serve as AS Roma coach as of next season. Of course, when a team is handled by Jose Mourinho, the team’s management will give the Portuguese coach a winning target.
However, Jose Mourinho did not immediately agree with the challenge if he was not given a capable squad. Therefore, according to The Sun’s report, this 58-year-old coach offered six names for AS Roma management.
The presence of these players is believed to boost the performance of the Giallorossi – the nickname of AS Roma. So, who are the six names of the players in question?
They are Renato Sanches (midfielder, Lille), Eric Dier (defender-midfielder, Tottenham Hotspur, Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg (midfielder, Tottenham Hotspur), Nemanja Matic (midfielder, Manchester United), Isco Alarcon (midfielder, Real Madrid) and Raul. Jimenez (forward, Wolverhampton Wanderers).
Looking at the list of names above, it seems that Jose Mourinho is inclined to bring in players in the midfield position. This is not surprising, considering that only Lorenzo Pellegrini, AS Roma midfielder who is in the qualified category.
Of the six names, three of them are former men of Jose Mourinho. They are Nemanja Matic, Eric Dier and Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg.
Nemanja Matic is Jose Mourinho’s subordinate at two different clubs, Chelsea and Manchester United. Meanwhile, Eric Dier and Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg are the foster children of Jose Mourinho at Tottenham.
In fact, Jose Mourinho is the figure who landed Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg from Southampton to Tottenham Hotspur in the 2020 summer transfer market. If the names above are successfully landed, AS Roma fans can expect a lot for the progress of their favorite team next season.
It is interesting to wait, can Jose Mourinho bring the club that is proud of the capital city as champions of the Italian League? Because, it has been 20 years since AS Roma has not won the Italian League.
The last time AS Roma won the Italian League was in 2000-2001, or when the Giallorossi relied on players such as Francesco Antonioli, Francesco Totti, Vincenzo Montella to Gabriel Batistuta.