Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Ranieri favourite for Roma post

Claudio Ranieri
Ranieri's most recent club as manager was Juventus

Former Chelsea manager Claudio Ranieri is favourite to be Roma's next coach after Luciano Spalletti resigned.

Spalletti took charge of Roma in 2005, winning the Italian Cup and coming second in the League in 2007 and 2008.

But last season they came only sixth and a lack of big signings and a poor start to the season cost him his job.

Ranieri's most recent club was Juventus whom he took to third in the table in 2008 on their return to Serie A after demotion for match-fixing.

The 57-year-old was sacked in May after a run of seven matches without a win.

Roma, who are in Fulham's Europa League group, lost their opening game of the season 3-2 at Genoa, followed by a 3-1 home defeat by Juventus on Sunday, leaving them bottom of the table.

"I submitted my resignation and the club accepted it," said Spalletti, 50, after a 30-minute meeting with club president Rosella Sensi.

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