Tuesday, December 24, 2019

Former Chelsea keeper reveals he called Maurizio Sarri a “transactional manager” in front of teammates



Chelsea coach Maurizio Sarri


Maurizio Sarri may have got his dream job of coaching Juventus, but it comes on the back of a controversial season long spell at Chelsea, where he may have won the UEFA Europa League (UEL) but had its fair share of downs too.
Sarri was embarrassed by one goalkeeper on worldwide television during the Carabao Cup final earlier this year when Kepa Arrizabalaga refused to come off, and another one has gone on record about what was witnessed in the Blues’ dressing room.
Robert Green spent a single season at Chelsea and didn’t play a game, but recalled a moment when he fired back at Sarri for his coaching ideology.
“The lads put their hands up and said, ‘We care a lot’ but they spoke without saying very much,” Green revealed to the Athletic.
“I was thinking to myself, ‘I can’t have this’.