Yeah on this one I agree, De Rossi made a slight improvement being the main coach but he couldn't do more because he couldn't freely bring in players due to financial constraints, if AS Roma can prepare a budget, maybe they can compete in the standings next season. So far AS Roma has only brought in one player from Leipzig with a transfer fee 5 million while 5 other players arrived after the loan period ended. Lukaku has also returned to Chelsea, meaning they need another player to replace Lukaku but so far we have not heard any news about AS Roma plans to bring in new players, maybe Roma just relies on existing players? because they still have 3 players in the attack line.
I agree that De Rossi could not improve AS Roma much because he did not have enough money. He made little progress but it is worrying that they have not signed many new players. Team might not be good enough to compete with best teams just with their current players. AS Roma needs to buy new players to do well in next season. Now that Lukaku has gone back to Chelsea they really need to sign someone new. Let's hope they announce some new signings soon to make their team stronger and compete better. Until then it is hard to see them doing very well.
IMO, what Roma management has done to limit spending large amounts of money is good for good finances and this has been known for a long time when Roma experienced financial problems and until now Roma still looks stingy or limits spending when bringing in new players.
a small number of people doubt that De Rossi will fail to bring Roma to a higher level due to the difficulty in bringing in quality players, but the fact is that currently De Rossi has provided initial evidence that he is able to make a difference in Roma performance which can finish in 6th position to appear in European League next season.
and on the one hand, in my opinion, De Rossi doesn't really need players with expensive transfer fees, but he just needs young players to develop his talent and be able to produce strong performances to help Roma get even better results.
regarding Lukaku loan period which has ended, De Rossi is no longer worried because he already has other options to replace Lukaku position and I am very sure that the coach will always try to prove that he can become a reliable coach who can have a good reputation in the future and Roma in the coming season will definitely have an improvement in their performance and may be stronger than last season.