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Maurizio Sarri had never won a major trophy before, having spent much of his career in the Italian lower leagues
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Maurizio Sarri said that he would talk about his future in Chelsea after leading him to the Europa League and that he thought "deserve" to stay with the club.
The Blues beat Arsenal 4-1 in Baku to win the first major trophy of the Italian manager's career.
Sarri led Chelsea to third in the Premier League.
"I have to talk to the club and make sure I know what I can do for Chelsea and what Chelsea can do for me," said Sarri, who took office last July.
"I love the Premier League and I'm lucky to be in Chelsea, but at the end of every season, you have to sit down and talk.
"In my opinion, I deserve to stay in Chelsea but my opinion is not enough."
The future of Sarri has been debated all season, despite two finals in Cup – the Carabao Cup on penalties last February – and a qualification for the Champions League next season.
The former boss of Napoli, who was recently linked to the vacant post at Juventus, added: "I have a contract [for another two years]. For the moment, we are not talking about anything. "
Sarri, 60, spent most of his career in the Italian lower leagues before three impressive years – though less trophies – in Napoli.
"I'm very very happy, but I think the trophy is very important for the club, it's less the name of the players, the name of the coach," he said.
"The first half was tough, match number 64 this season and hot.It was physically difficult to play.I thought we were trying to handle the result.I asked my players to play with more of courage, even if they risked losing. "
The Italian says that the turning point of the season came in February. Chelsea was down 6-0 to Manchester City and came back to sixth with 12 games to play. Two weeks later, they lost the EFL Cup final to City, while Sarri was apparently undermined by the fact that goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga refused to slip away despite his injured appearance.
But he has taken care of Kepa's situation and the Blues have lost just two of their last 12 Premier League games to finish third.
"Our feeling was that we deserved to win because we had problems in January and February and we acted," said Sarri.
"In the Premier League, it is not easy to react because the level is very high.
"Something changed in early February, we lost 6-0 in Manchester City but we started something different.
"In the end, we had the Champions League [place] through the Premier League we played the final of the League Cup, we qualified [for that final with wins en route] against Liverpool and Tottenham, the finalists in the Champions League, and lost on penalties to Manchester City. "
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