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No matter how much it becomes for Maurizio Sarri in Chelsea, he will not change his approach. That was his message throughout his stay at Stamford Bridge, but it was only now that the results stuttered and fans began to turn.
It would be much easier for Sarri to meet the fans halfway. To restore Ngolo Kante to the midfield. To advance the ball faster. To return to the locker room at Stamford Bridge, dust off the old tactical plan and put "Sarriball" aside, at least for a moment. If he did that, or even said that he would, it would at least save him time and goodwill. He is emptying his stocks of both.
But Sarri's chances of doing this, of rejecting the work of his life, as Prospero break his staff, are almost nil. That would go against everything he's ever done, betray all his work. He knows that he has set himself an almost impossible task: to try to transform football culture in Chelsea, away from what players and supporters are used to, dragging him into his direction and doing all this with aging pressure within teams and boards of directors. for short-term results. And yet, despite all this, he will do nothing to make the challenge less difficult.
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Sarri would rather try his luck than reach a compromised result. "I want to stay the same man," said Sarri, when asked if his dreams were realistic. "If I'm a dreamer, I'm a dreamer."
Chelsea collapsed in Bournemouth and lost 4-0. They have lost three of their last seven league games. If they lose at home against Huddersfield on Saturday, the mood will become even more difficult against Sarri and his football. And yet, there is literally no set of results or circumstances that would convince Sarri that he should perhaps change the way he works. "I do not think, for the moment," he said to the question of whether he could consider anything that could change his philosophy. "I can change my mind in the future, I do not know. I've changed in the past. But for the moment, no. If I believe that the organization in a team is everything, I can not change my mind. "
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2/10 Benjani Mwaruwari – Portsmouth to Manchester City, 2008
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3/10 Peter Odemwingie – absolutely nowhere, 2013
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5/10 Andy Carroll – Newcastle to Liverpool, 2011
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6/10 Mike Arteta – Everton at Arsenal, 2011
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10/10 Louis Rooney – Plymouth to Hartlepool (ready), 2017
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1/10 Andrey Arshavin – Zenit at Arsenal, 2009
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2/10 Benjani Mwaruwari – Portsmouth to Manchester City, 2008
Many layers to this one, so support me. According to reported information, Zimbabwean striker Benjani has fallen asleep at Southampton Airport on the next day-limit, subsequently missing two flights before signing for City. As a result, the agreement was almost canceled as time was running out for the documents to be sent out. He was then punished by the leaders of the Premier League, but only after City tried to go back.
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3/10 Peter Odemwingie – absolutely nowhere, 2013
Odemwingie, who had received a transfer request to leave West Brom rejected a few days earlier, while the club was also rejecting an offer from QPR, drove to Loftus Road, persuaded that a transfer was imminent. The only problem was, it was not the case. In a strange misunderstanding, Odemwingie was prevented from entering and had to make the whole way home without his desired gesture.
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4/10 Rafael van der Vaart – Real Madrid in Tottenham, 2010
We were looking forward to seeing if Dutch midfielder van der Vaart would join the Spurs in 2010 when a paperwork problem, as he always seems to arise, has jeopardized the decision. The Premier League, however, granted a special waiver to the transfer after considering the technical problems that hindered it.
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5/10 Andy Carroll – Newcastle to Liverpool, 2011
Fresh from the loss of Fernando Torres to Chelsea in a record £ 50m transfer, Liverpool pressed the big red button "PANIC" and signed a £ 36m book for Carroll for the club. deadline.
Getty
6/10 Mike Arteta – Everton at Arsenal, 2011
The players also played for the latest moves, as in 2011 with midfielder Everton Arteta. The Spaniard had been the subject of several early offers Arsenal, deemed too low, but Arteta played very late on the day of the deadline, telling Everton he wanted to leave and he would accept a pay cut on optionally.
Arsenal FC via Getty Images
7/10 Hatem Ben Arfa – From Newcastle to Hull (ready), 2014
Hull took very late to finalize Ben Arfa's loan signing in January 2014. The Frenchman was allowed to leave Newcastle late on the day and, to make matters worse, he lost himself on his way to Hull, before finally arriving at 23:30.
Getty Images
8/10 Benik Afobe – Bournemouth to Wolves (ready), 2018
The day may sometimes become too confusing, which proved the case of Afobe, a man from Bournemouth, who revealed that he was crying with joy after confirming his return to the Wolves, 20 minutes before the closing of the window, in 2018, several times in the day.
Getty Images
9/10 Jack Hendry – Dundee at Celtic, 2018
Dundee defender Hendry was another player to sign the same day before Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers was too late to drop the rival defender from the bitter enemies, the Rangers were preparing to defeat the deal. day it seemed that Celtic will miss.
AFP / Getty Images
10/10 Louis Rooney – Plymouth to Hartlepool (ready), 2017
It may not be one of the headlines on the day of the January deadline, but it may be one of the last. While there was only 17 seconds left before the deadline set at 11 pm, the agreement to sign the contract with Rooney the attacker was officially finalized.
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This point will always be a source of pride for Sarri. He looks at the best teams in the country – City of Pep Guardiola, Liverpool on Jurgen Klopp, Spurs of Mauricio Pochettino – and considers them as a source of inspiration. If only he enjoys the same support and patience, he hopes to achieve the same results. And even the best team of the modern era, Barcelona, from Guardiola, is invoked on his behalf.
When asked Sarri about the opportunity to continue Plan A to the edge of the cliff, instead of making compromises, he noted the refusal of Guardiola to compromise in Barcelona and cities. For him, the success of Guardiola's Barcelona is the story of a man with a clear idea who implements it optimally. "Everyone, 10 years ago, knew Barcelona very well, and Barcelona won everything because they played their football very well. So, first of all, I want to play my football very well. So I can change.
And that, in one sentence, is the whole debate. It is better to perfect plan A than to have a plan B. It was asked if his team was predictable and argued that predictability is a price that is worth getting paid for seeking perfection . "Barca was predictable, but they won." And when the fact of Lionel Messi was revealed to him, the greatest player of all time who made Barca work, Sarri argued that it was not all history. Because Guardiola's Barcelona had what he was trying to give to Chelsea: the organization. "They were organized. With fantastic players, of course, otherwise it would have been impossible to win everything. But they were really organized.
Whatever you think of Sarri's football, he is an engaging man with clear and consistent ideas. The argument that he does for himself and his plan is compelling. And he certainly aims high, trying to achieve an almost impossible task. Wanting to imitate Barcelona or even the city of Guardiola is a high bar. Especially when his team lost 4-0 against Bournemouth.
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