Roma announced on Sunday that the Serie A team’s CEO Lina Souloukou has resigned, in the aftermath of the firing of coach and club icon Daniele De Rossi which has livid supporters.
AFP
22 September, 2024, 05:30 pm
Closing modified: 22 September, 2024, 05:33 pm
Greek Souloukou, who had previously been CEO of Olympiacos, leaves Roma after minute more than year in her role and with fans in originate riot at De Rossi’s dismissal.
“AS Roma declares this day that CEO Lina Souloukou has stepped down from her role,” acknowledged Roma in a transient statement.
“We thank Lina for her dedicated provider right by a excessive period for the club and desire her essentially the most simple in her future endeavours.”
Souloukou has turn out to be the aim of Roma fans’ anger after Wednesday’s surprise dismissal of De Rossi, who paid for a wretched originate to the season and a reportedly execrable relationship with the club hierarchy.
Italian media reported that Souloukou and her teenagers had been placed below police protection after threats, while some fans effect up a banner out of doorways Roma’s Trigoria coaching ground describing her as “execrable”.
De Rossi is cherished by Roma fans as a local boy turned World Cup winner who played nearly his complete occupation for his location of start club.
Madden over his sacking was as soon as intensified by the nearly instantaneous hiring of Ivan Juric, a coach who has managed Serie A’s lesser lights and viewed as an uninspiring replace for De Rossi.
Juric takes charge of his first match on Sunday towards Udinese, with some hardcore fans pronouncing that they’ll leave their share of the Stadio Olimpico empty for the principle half-hour in speak.
Roma are yet to web this season and for the time being take a seat 17th in Serie A, easiest above Bologna and the relegation zone on aim distinction.
