Ranieri coy on Roma link
Former Roma coach Claudio Ranieri remained tight-lipped on Monday amid talk that he could be in line to replace under-fire Eusebio Di Francesco in the Stadio Olimpico hotseat.
The club's billionaire American owner James Pallotta said he was "disgusted" after the Serie A giants plunged to 14th with a 2-0 loss at Bologna.
The 66-year-old Ranieri led Leicester City to the English Premier League title in 2016, but has been without a club since leaving French Ligue 1 club Nantes last May.
"I am a fan, Roma is in my heart, but I hope that Di Francesco can move forward," Ranieri told Radio Anch'Io Sport when asked if he would be interested in a move back to his hometown club.
Former defender Ranieri started his senior football career in Rome in 1973 and later coached the club for two years from 2009, just missing out on the Serie A title in 2010.
"That Scudetto we lost in the last half-hour of the final day still burns. I think about it often, although I partly redeemed myself at Leicester."
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