Stay or go? Why Chelsea culture pushing Sarri into Juventus arms

COMMENT: Maurizio Sarri. If it was up to him, he'd stay. If it was up to certain higher ups, including Marina Granovskaia, he'd stay. Yet no matter the result in Baku on Wednesday, momentum... the media's momentum... is telling us Chelsea will be parting with their manager.

Of course, we've been here before. Midseason. The same rumour-mill was churning away. Sarri had lost the fans. He'd lost the dressing room. And most importantly of all, he'd lost the confidence of Roman Abramovich. At the time, club sources insisted differently. Confidants of Granovskaia, who drove Sarri's appointment personally, said the same. And Chelsea's addition of Sarri's old Napoli striker in January, Gonzalo Higuain, really should've been the end of it. But it wasn't.