Spalletti akagadzwa maneja weRoma kwechipiri spell musi wa13 Ndira 2016, mushure mekunge aimbove maneja Rudi Garcia adzingwa nekuda kwekuita kwakashata kwechikwata. Musi waFebruary 21, Francesco Totti akatsoropodza pachena Spalletti nekuda kwekushayikwa kwake kwekutamba-nguva kubva paakadzoka kubva mukukuvara. Somugumisiro, Totti akadonhedzwa naSpalletti nokuda kwekukunda kwe5-0 kweRoma pamusoro pePalermo, nechisarudzo chinokonzera mhirizhonga pakati pevatsigiri uye mhizha. Mushure mekusawirirana kwavo kwekutanga, Spalletti akatanga kushandisa Totti senzvimbo yekukurumidza yekukanganisa, iyo yakaratidza kuve sarudzo inoshanda, sezvo Totti akawanazve fomu yake uye akapa zvibodzwa zvina uye rubatsiro mushure mekubva pabhenji mumitambo mishanu yakateedzana yeSerie A
machisi. Somugumisiro, Spalletti akakwanisa kutungamirira Roma kubva pakati pepamusoro kusvika kunzvimbo yechipiri muSerie A, achibata nzvimbo yeChampions League.