Premier League 2018/19: Top 6 managers by win percentage

#5 Maurizio Sarri - Chelsea

Maurizio Sarri will manage outside of Italy for the first time this season

Clubs managed: Sansovino, Sangiovannese, Pescara, Arezzo, Avellino, Hellas Verona, Perugia, Grosseto, Alessandria, Sorrento, Empoli, Napoli, Chelsea

Overall Record: P748 W336 D224 L188

Career win percentage: 44.92%

Chelsea record: P1 W0 D0 L1

Chelsea win percentage: 0%

A banker turned manager, Maurizio Sarri has certainly worked his way up to the top. Beginning his managerial career in the lower reaches of Italian football, Sarri managed several clubs in every Italian division from Serie D right up to his promotion with Emploi to Serie A.

His big break came after the Italian kept Empoli in the Italian top flight the season after their promotion. Heavily tipped to go straight back down, Sarri's achievement caught the eye of Napoli and he replaced Rafa Benitez as their manager in 2015. It was in Naples that "Sarriball" was invented, boosting the 59-year-old's reputation as an elite coach.

Due to his many years managing obscure teams around Italy, Sarri's overall win percentage is heavily distorted. The statistics range from an excellent 51.67% win percentage during his first managerial job at Sansovino to a 0% win percentage during his short stints at Avellino and Hellas Verona.

However, his time at Napoli yielded very different figures. During his three years at the club, Sarri enjoyed a superb 65.99% win ratio, coming very close to loosening Juventus's stranglehold on the Serie A title in the process.

While he has only managed Chelsea once so far -the Community Shield loss to Man City - there are high expectations that he can bring his excellent figures from Naples to West London and help the Blues to compete for the league title this season.