And so, it came to pass that, despite winning the Europa League and finishing third in the Premier League in his first season in charge, Maurizio Sarri is not going to be the one to establish some kind of dynasty at Stamford Bridge.
Instead, as confirmed by the BBC, Sarri is to leave the club after just the solitary season to move back to Italy and manage Juventus
Our source is reporting that an agreement was reached, between all parties, on Thursday evening with Juventus agreeing to pay a compensation fee said to be in the region of £5 million.
Sarri’s departure will leave Chelsea looking for the tenth full-time manager since Roman Abramovich took over the club.
But, will Sarri be missed?
It’s fair to say that his style of football, nicknamed Sarriball, wasn’t universally accepted by the Chelsea faithful who were also irked by his stubbornness when it came to team selections.
However, his achievements have to be recognised, the 60-year-old added some more silverware to the trophy cabinet, in the shape of the Europa League trophy, guided us back into the Champions League courtesy of finishing third in the Premier League and could have added the League Cup to his achievements as well if only luck had gone our way in the penalty shoot-out.
But, for all his successes, he just didn’t look the part when it came to what you’d normally expect when it comes to the demeanour expected of somebody managing Chelsea and I, for one, won’t mourn his departure.
With his departure now all but officially confirmed, we’re back to the old conundrum of who should take over.
It’s a subject we touched on in an article earlier this week and an article that contained a more than relevant poll.
Please feel free to visit the article and vote in the poll by following the link: Click Here.
I get the feeling we’re set for an interesting few weeks as we wait for the dust to settle on a new appointment.
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