It was not long, trænerveteranen Claudio Ranieri managed to go unemployed after the dismissal in the Premier League-club Fulham.

The 67-year-old Italian is on Friday, has been hired by AS Roma in their home country, where he must fill the vacant trænersæde in the rest of this season.

It writes the club on its website.

– At this stage of the season it is important to find a coach who knows the club, understands the environment, speaks the language and is able to motivate the players. Claudio meets all of these requirements, says the message.

Roma sacked on Thursday the former head coach, Eusebio Di Francesco, after the defeat to FC Porto in the Champions League ottendedelsfinale earlier in the week.

on Friday continued the purge in the sporting management, as sports director Ramon Rodriguez Verdejo – also known as Monchi – had to clean his office.

Claudio Ranieri was born in Rome and was also the head coach in hovedstadsklubben between 2009 and 2011.

Since then he has had the job in Greece, France and England, and is remembered not least for his time in Leicester, who sensationally won the English championship with Ranieri on the sidelines.

most Recently he was employed at Fulham, but stay at the London club was a failure and ended 28. February after a good three months.