Maurizio Sarri has torn up his contract with Lazio for a second time – and is reportedly poised to affix Atalanta.
The previous Chelsea boss will lead Atalanta within the Europa Convention League subsequent season and might be on a collision course with Brighton.
Sarri leaves Lazio only one 12 months right into a three-year contract, having solely led Lazio to ninth in Serie A, lacking out on European soccer. He beforehand managed them between 2021 and 2024 but in addition resigned then.
He’ll change Raffaele Palladino and reunite with director Cristiano Giuntoli, with whom he loved success at Napoli, as reported by Tutto Mercato.
Serie A is about for one more comical merry-go-round summer time consequently.
Antonio Conte is leaving Napoli after two seasons, Massimiliano Allegri has been sacked by AC Milan, Gennaro Gattuso is alleged to be set to affix Lazio, and Vincenzo Italiano reportedly intends to depart Bologna.
Former Chelsea supervisor Maurizio Sarri is leaving Lazio to reportedly be a part of Atalanta
He received the Europa League and led Chelsea to 3rd within the Premier League in 2018-19
There’s additionally speak about the way forward for Cesc Fabregas, who led Como to a formidable Champions League berth and has many admirers round Europe.
Italy is infamous for recycling its time-honoured managers and Sarri is transferring on to his twenty third managerial gig. All bar Chelsea have been in his homeland.
He was at Chelsea for the 2018-19 season, main them to Europa League glory, third within the Premier League, and the League Cup closing.
Sarri memorably tried to substitute his goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga forward of the ultimate penalty shoot-out in opposition to Manchester Metropolis, however the Spaniard refused to return off for Willy Caballero.
The supervisor thought that Kepa had gone down with cramp, however the goalie later defined that he had solely been time-wasting and apologised to his former boss for the confusion.
Sarri’s final trophy got here with Juventus in 2019-20 when he received the Scudetto with Juventus – his solely top-flight title.
He began out within the regional divisions of Italian soccer and received Coppa Italia Serie D with Sansovino in 2002-03.
The 67-year-old virtually obtained his palms on a fourth profession trophy with Lazio this marketing campaign as he led them to the Coppa Italia closing, however they misplaced 2-0 to Inter Milan.
Whereas he would not precisely depart on a excessive, he has the respect of Lazio followers after main the Rome-based membership to second place in 2022-23 in his first stint on the membership.
That was their highest end since they received the title within the 1999-2000 season.
