Former Roma star Roberto Scarnecchia feels it was the right time to dismiss Jose Mourinho.

Mourinho was axed and replaced by Daniele de Rossi last week.

Scarnecchia told TMW Radio: "Mourinho arrived with many good intentions, then at a certain point he began to be a manager and no longer a coach and he lost sight of the pitch and the players.

"He began to make declarations beyond all limits, he pulled the string too much and the string breaks even if your name is Mourinho. The club, after too many negative results, was waiting for him to lose consensus with the fans and after the derby and the match against Milan the fans began to divide and the club decided to sack him.

"I think there was only Saudi Arabia, I don't think Mou had offers in Europe. This is the reason for the coach's many appeals to the club. Probably after Roma he understood that perhaps in Arabia he would not live as an emperor like in Rome, where he could do everything."