Five candidates who could replace Tiago Pinto as Roma sporting director | OneFootball

Five names have been suggested as potential replacements for Tiago Pinto, who officially left his position as sporting director at the Stadio Olimpico upon the close of the January transfer window last week.

The first of the potential candidates is former Milan executive Ricky Massara, who has been available since his unexpected departure from San Siro in June 2023. Massara worked closely with Paulo Maldini during his time with the Rossoneri, but the former Milan captain was also moved on at the end during the off-season.

Massara, naturally, is familiar with Serie A and has also previously worked for Roma between 2018 and 2019, first as the club’s general secretary, before replacing Monchi as director of football. He would be the easiest option to negotiate with, claims TMW.

The next option is Christopher Vivell, who made his name as part of the Red Bull set-up. He has previously been employed by both RB Salzburg and RB Leipzig. He had also briefly worked for Chelsea before being placed on gardening leave by Todd Boehly in 2023.

Monza’s technical director Francois Modesto is also reportedly on the list. He spent six years working for Olympiacos, before moving on to Nottingham Forest in the Premier League. Forest and Olympiacos share an owner in Evangelos Marinakis.

Modesto has played in Serie A previously with Cagliari, and has been a success while working with Adriano Galliani at Monza after his appointment in 2022.

Rennes director Florian Maurice is set to leave his current club at the end of the 2023-24 campaign, but remains quiet on his next destination.

TMW report that Roma could hold a meeting with Maurice’s representatives in the coming days to discuss their project.

Another former Red Bull representative could be one for consideration. That is Paul Mitchell, whose most impressive work was done with Southampton while employed as Head of Recruitment under Mauricio Pochettino between 2013 and 2014.

Mitchell followed Pochettino to Tottenham, but did fall out with Chairman Daniel Levy before handing in his resignation. He has since worked with the aforementioned RB Leipzig, Cercle Brugge and Monaco in Ligue 1.