The coach of Lazio gave an interview to the Italian “Repubblica”, Maurizio Sarritalking about his tenure at Napoli, from 2015 to 2018, while he called his choices to leave the Chelsea in the summer of 2019 and return to Italy on her behalf Juventusalmost a year later.
In addition, he also referred to the problem with too many matches that teams are asked to give to modern football, stressing that they were among the first to sound the alarm.
What the Lazio coach said in detail:
On his time at Napoli and subsequent spells at Chelsea and Juventus: “My Napoli will be remembered for the next thirty years. At Juventus we had to win the Champions League, but we didn’t. Finally, I won the championship with a team that had come full circle and had the desire to change, but not substantially. I was wrong to want to leave the Premier League, my return to Italy was a mistake”.
On the problem of the excessive number of games that top-tier teams are required to play: “I’ve been talking about this for five years, but they accuse me of looking for an alibi. Now, everyone is talking about it. Now, the only training we do is via video. A footballer should play a maximum of 50 games per season. We could make a start, such as stopping the summer tours and playing again for the Cup in August. The big teams would face those of Serie C, who would thus have income to live on the whole year. Modern football guarantees 50-70 elite salaries, including mine. 20 years ago a 3rd tier player was rich, now he is struggling to get by on the basics. They try to increase revenue by reducing the quality of the product. What company thinks like that?’.
Source: Sport Fm
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