Maurizio Sarri – Napoli
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Current Napoli manager, Maurizio Sarri, was responsible for taking Empoli from Serie B to Serie A. After reaching the top level with Empoli, under Sarri’s guidance, Empoli exceeded expectations and finished 15th in the league in 2014/15.
Sarri’s ability was known to football fans, but it remained to be seen how well he could do with a top team like Napoli and he didn’t disappoint. He made some inspired signings like Pepe Reina from Bayern Munich, Allan from Udinese and Elseid Hysaj from his former club Empoli to bolster his squad.
Napoli got off to a flying start in the league and at the end of the matchday 24, they were top of the Serie A table. The club lost its footing for a while and conceded the title to Juventus, but managed to finish strongly in second place with 82 points. In the Europa League, Napoli won all their group stage games by scoring 22 goals and conceding just three.
What’s even more incredible is that he was able to bring the best out of some of the players who were at the club before his tenure like Higuain, Insigne, Hamsik and Koulibaly. Higuain even finished the season with a Serie A record 36 goals and only Luis Suarez and Zlatan Ibrahimovic have more goals than him in Europe.
With a few more thoughtful additions, Napoli might be able to end the Juventus domination in Serie A.
