You always knew there was going to be a next chapter; you just didn't expect it was going to come two weeks and one day after being relieved of duty at Tottenham Hotspur. And, obviously, you wouldn't have expected Roma. Not this Roma.
The sheer speed of Jose Mourinho's appointment at Roma leaves you reeling, especially when you consider it took them three-and-a-half months -- from the moment the new owner, American entrepreneur Dan Friedkin, took over -- to fill the vacant position of general manager. After a long and painstaking search with the help of a data intelligence company, Retexo, they ended up with Tiago Pinto, who joined from Benfica.