Today, an interesting snippet was released, detailing a conversation between Roman and Claudio around 3 months before the Italian's sacking. Roman allegedly said to Ranners: "I assure you no decision has been taken one way or the other, and I have never personally entertained the idea of replacing you, but if anything should happen we will talk about it straight away."
The worst kept secret in football was confirmed in late May, and Jose Mourinho was promptly brought in as the new manager.