Maurizio Sarri finally confirmed as new Juventus manager
By John Vaccaro
The month long saga of the search for a new manager at Juventus has finally come to end as the club and Chelsea officially announced that Maurizio Sarri would be leaving the English club to join Juventus.
The move came after months of speculation that started well before Massimiliano Allegri left the manager position vacant at Juventus. That speculation included the possibilities that Pep Guardiola, Mauricio Pochettino, and even Zinedine Zidane could be the next man entrusted with continuing Juve’s run of 8 consecutive Scudetti. Maurizio Sarri also emerged as a possibility as Juventus searched for a new manager, but the idea that Chelsea would allow him to leave didn’t seem to make sense to many fans of both Chelsea and Juventus.
Sarri had a much more successful year in his only season at Chelsea than many fans were willing
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to admit. In his debut season Chelsea qualified for a Champions League place after missing out last season, made it to the final of the EFL cup, and won the Europa League. These results are especially impressive when considering the only two teams who finished ahead of Chelsea in the Premier League were the defending champions and this season’s Champions League winners and the fact that Chelsea had to adjust to a completely different system from what they were used to with Antonio Conte.
Now the former Napoli manager will return to Italy after a year away from his home country. During his 3 years with Napoli he managed them to 2 second place finishes and a 3rd place finish and got them into the knockout stages of the Champions League for only the second time in the club’s history. In his return to Serie A he’ll be looking to capture the Scudetto that has so far evaded him, but he’ll do so with the team that kept him from already claiming one.
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His appointment should be a relief for the many Juventus fans who were unhappy with the style of play that Juve played last season. There were many complaints last season about Allegri having Juventus play a boring style when they had a team with a ton of attacking talent. That certainly won’t be an issue with Sarri because the one thing you can’t call his style of play is boring. Now it just remains to be seen if the 6 million euro per year manager is the one to fulfill Juve’s goal to finally lift a Champions League trophy once again.