Monchi has revealed that he left Roma due to disagreements with President James Pallotta. “The owners’ ideas were different to mine.”

Monchi vacated his role as Roma sporting director a day after the club sacked Eusebio Di Francesco, amidst speculation the Spaniard’s future was closely tied to that of the Coach.

Roma President Jim Pallotta released a statement claiming they were “robbed” in the Champions League against Porto. “I give up.”

This brief statement was given via the official Roma Twitter account late into the night.

Roma President Jim Pallotta admits he expected to have a new stadium in progress by now, but he never thought about walking away.

“I think when we first took over the team, the objective was to utilise Rome and its history and attempt to build a global brand that could help us to be successful on the pitch. When I look back on the first six years, I’ll hold my hands up and say I’ve made some mistakes but I think in some areas, we’ve more than punched above our weight,” the Boston business magnate told the official club website.

Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri has reportedly been offered the chance to coach Roma next season.

According to La Reppublica, Roma consultant Franco Baldini and President James Pallotta had dinner in London with Sarri, where he was proposed Eusebio Di Francesco’s position.

The newspaper explains Di Francesco is ‘very likely’ to make way at the end of the season and that sporting director Monchi ‘could also leave’.

James Pallotta has warned that Roma ‘has to have’ a new stadium if they are to become ‘a top-five or six team in the world consistently’.

The Stadio della Roma took a big step forward last week, when they were given the green light to start work on the project, although Pallotta admitted ‘one unreasonable lawyer’ was preventing them from buying the necessary land.

James Pallotta admits that while he is ‘not happy’ with Roma’s campaign, he wants ’22 guys like Aleksandar Kolarov’. “He’s not out drinking…”

Roma remain outside the Champions League places in Serie A and were hammered 7-1 by Fiorentina in the Coppa Italia, while Giallorossi ultras have turned on Kolarov after he claimed they did not ‘understand much’ about football.

Roma President James Pallotta has hailed Nicolo Zaniolo and Lorenzo Pellegrini as ‘future leaders’ for the Giallorossi.

Zaniolo and Pellegrini helped Roma take a 2-1 lead in their Champions League last-16 tie with Porto on Tuesday, the former scoring both their goals, and Pallotta sees the promising pair at the Olimpico for the long haul.

“I thought we played very well as a team and it was unfortunate that Porto got that goal,” he told SiriusXM FC.