Maurizio Sarri is demanding about £4 million a year from his next club with Roma and Tottenham Hotspur potential destinations for the former Chelsea boss, as reported by Calciomercato.
Eight days after Daniel Levy sacked one former Stamford Bridge manager, could he hand the keys of a malfunctioning Spurs machine to another?
According to 90Min, Sarri has applied for the Tottenham job. And, while the 62-year-old is hardly Spurs’ dream appointment, there may be a very good reason why the London giants have yet to turn Sarri down.
Brendan Rodgers has said no, Marcelino Garcia Toral has distanced himself from the job while, this morning, the worst-kept secret in European football became public knowledge.
Julian Nagelsmann is taking those natty blazers with him to Munich rather than Tottenham.
Sarri, then, suddenly looks that little bit more tempting, especially as he’s demanding about £11 million a year less than Levy would be willing to pay to lure Rodgers from Leicester City.
But while the chain-smoking 62-year-old has placed his name squarely in the frame, Spurs appear to be as much a back-up option for him as he is for them.
Calciomercato adds Sarri would choose Roma over Tottenham any day of the week.
And, given the former Napoli and Juventus boss boasts a far better reputation in Italy than he does in England following that underwhelming Chelsea spell, you’d imagine the Giallorossi would jump at the chance to hire a man who lifted the Serie A title less than 12 months ago.
If Sarri does move to the Italian capital, that would leave Erik ten Hag, Graham Potter and Scott Parker as the most likely candidates for the Tottenham post.
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