sentences:  After another fifth-place finish, the club disappointingly finished 12th in the 1996–97 season, and heads started to roll.Spending another half year in Rome, Statuto moved back to former club Udinese for the remainder of the 1997–98 season - finishing third with the Friuli-outfit - one spot ahead of Roma.For the 1998–99 season, Statuto, who had played extraordinarily well for Udinese, was back with the "giallorossi", leading the club to another 5th-place finish in the Serie A, playing alongside a young Francesco Totti.