ROME - AS Roma coach, Paulo Fonseca, was reported by a number of media in Italy that he refused to resign as reported by Football Italia , Tuesday (4/5). There are four interim coaches who are ready to replace his position if Roma suffered a crushing defeat to Manchester United (MU) in the second leg of the Europa League semi-final on Friday (7/5) WIB.

Giallorossi sit in seventh position in the Italian Serie A standings. Roma are two points ahead of Sassuolo with four matches remaining.

Roma's form is on the decline. The Giallorossi have only collected four points from the last five matches in the Italian Serie A and lost 2-6 to United in the first leg of the Europa League semi-finals.

Fonseca met Ryan Friedkin and the club's general manager, Tiago Pinto, yesterday. The meeting lasted an hour and was also attended by the coaching agent. The result of the meeting, the club did not sackFonsecand the Portuguese coach also refused to resign even though his future was starting to be gloomy.

And other news from Il Messagero said the club would sack Fonseca if Roma suffered a humiliating defeat against United in the second leg. The Rome-based newspaper reported Bruno Conti, Morgan De Sanctis, Fabrizio Piccareta and Alberto De Rossi as candidates to replace Fonseca temporarily if he was fired.

The former Juventus coach, Maurizio Sarri, is the main candidate for Roma's new coach next season. According to Il Corriere dello Sport , there is likely to be a decisive meeting in the coming weeks to finalize a deal with Sarri.

And the media also revealed Sarri respects the existing Roma team. He only needs four new summer players to coach Roma.

However, Tottenham Hotspur is also in talks with Sarri. The Lilywhite are looking for a coach after sacking Jose Mourinho.