Maurizio Sarri makes HUGE Chelsea prediction

Cameron Smith

• 29 Nov 2024 20:00 GMT
• 3 min read

Former Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri has hailed the impact of Enzo Maresca at Stamford Bridge and has stated that the Blues could have a “winning future” under the Italian.

Sarri, 65, has been out of work since being sacked by Lazio in March and he has now admitted that his countryman could be the man to lead Chelsea back to their former glories.

“The situation at the beginning of the season was difficult with so many players but for sure he [Maresca] is doing a good job,” Sarri told The Sun.

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“My feeling now is that Chelsea are becoming a team again now - not 11 good players. My feeling is that the future for Chelsea could be good. A winning future I think.

“Maresca is an Italian coach but is more an international coach. Maresca in Italy worked only for one or two seasons, no more.

“He is a very young coach. We have to wait I think but at the moment the work at Chelsea is going well. He has the possibility to become one of the best in Europe.”

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Maurizio Sarri regrets Chelsea departure

While Sarri believes that Chelsea’s future looks incredibly bright under Maresca, he has revealed that he regrets leaving the club in 2019.

He spent just one season in west London, before leaving the club to return to Italy with Juventus, but Sarri believes that decision was an error.

“I could have stayed at Chelsea,” he admitted to The Sun. “I wanted to come back to Italy because the situation at Chelsea was not easy.

“In that period [Roman] Abramovich was not allowed to go to England. I only saw him at games abroad. We had some telephone calls but not very often.

“My point of reference was only Marina [Granovskaia]. There wasn’t a sporting director so the situation was not so clear. So I wanted to come back to Italy but it was a mistake. It would have been better to stay there [Chelsea].”

Sarri won the Europa League and guided Chelsea to a third place finish in the Premier League during his sole season at Stamford Bridge.