Gasperini meeting Roma owners and Ranieri this afternoon | OneFootball

Gian Piero Gasperini is in a meeting this afternoon with Roma patron Dan Friedkin, director Florent Ghisolfi and former coach Claudio Ranieri, ready to take over.

The Corriere dello Sport, transfer pundit Fabrizio Romano and more all confirm the location for the encounter is in Florence, so between Rome and Bergamo.

Ranieri and Ghisolfi took the train up to Florence, while the plane carrying the Friedkin family landed in Tuscany this afternoon.

Gasperini ready to shake hands with Roma

ST ANDREWS, SCOTLAND – OCTOBER 02: CEO of The Friedkin Group, Dan Freidkin interacts with his son, Ryan Freidkin, Co-Founder of Imperative Entertainment during a practice round prior to the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship 2024 at the Old Course at St Andrews on October 02, 2024 in St Andrews, Scotland. (Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)

Gasperini will for the first time meet face to face with the Friedkins, where he is expected to give the all-clear to the three-year contract worth €6m per season net.

Although he had been the first choice for a while to take over from retiring Ranieri, the progress was only made in the last 48 hours after Gasperini decided he would not remain with Atalanta.

BERGAMO, ITALY – MAY 12: Gian Piero Gasperini, Head Coach of Atalanta, looks on prior to the Serie A match between Atalanta and AS Roma at Gewiss Stadium on May 12, 2025 in Bergamo, Italy. (Photo by Marco Luzzani/Getty Images)

After nine years at the club, winning the Europa League trophy and taking them into the Champions League five times in the last seven seasons, he felt that he had done as much as he could.

There was also the departure of Rafael Toloi, the last remaining player from the moment he first took over in Bergamo.