Rudi Garcia Must Produce Quick Results at Roma to Avoid Quick Stay in Serie a

Rudi Garcia was officially confirmed as the new AS Roma manager on Wednesday, signing a two-year deal with the club to help transition it into the next era of Serie A play in the 2013-14 season. 

Although new managers usually earn some leeway during the first season with a new club, the history of his bosses and a sixth-place finish last year in the Serie A table lead to the thinking that the honeymoon period was over right after the ink was dry on the dotted line. 

Garcia is going to need to produce results quickly if he wants to stick around in the Italian league long-term. 

FIFA.com had the report on Twitter as Garcia was confirmed as the new Roma boss, just days after his dismissal from Lille was official:

The news also comes after Garcia had pledged his support to his former club despite consistent rumors that he was looking to move up the ranks and use his success at Lille to boost to another club (via Football 411):

The Frenchman had a successful string of seasons with Lille, and will now try to duplicate that success by taking over for Aurelio Andreazzoli and a Roma side that needs some help to catch up with the Serie A leaders next season. 

Morale and support is going to be high, and you can tell that by club president James Pallotta's comments following the official announcement that the club is confident that Garcia will headline a new wave of growth next year (via Paul Gorst of Goal.com). 

This tweet from the club's official Twitter account also accomplishes the understanding of that notion:

But those same bosses are responsible for Zdeněk Zeman and Luis Enrique, too, and this marks the third straight offseason that Roma has gone through a manager shuffle while also trying to keep pace in the transfer window and league play. 

Facing an uphill battle against time, past history of failed managers and a club that has to sort through players ranging from Francesco Totti to Danielle De Rossi, Garcia will have to find a quick solution to his club's problems to avoid facing the same pitfalls of his predecessors. 

He's reportedly going to have enough funds to at least bring in a crop of players who he wants to build around during the current transfer window. 

According to Andrea Baldini of Sports Snippets (via Sky Sports), the club is going to give him a nice starting sum of £35 million to work around during the transfer window, an amount that could wind up being enough to entice a star or two to Stadio Olimpico this summer. 

Whatever the end game ends up being in the transfer window for Roma, there's a couple of takeaways that we can establish from Wednesday's announcement of fresh blood on the sidelines in the coming months. 

One is that Garcia is a good hire for Roma, one that has a noted success of making things happen with clubs that aren't exactly noted winners. Roma, who finished 10 points off the Champions League pace last season, isn't too far away from that reality, which is why a manager like Garcia makes sense. 

But this is a group of owners eager to taste European glory and is also keen on making a splash in enticing big players to their grounds over the next few seasons. 

You accomplish both of those tasks by winning matches on the pitch, and Garcia can completely avoid the talk of being replaced quickly if he finds his footing within the first couple of months in charge of his new club. 

It won't be easy, but a strong former record and good rapport with clubs in France will help bring confidence and poise to the mix at Roma. Garcia officially started Wednesday, and his clock as manager is now ticking.