Maurizio Sarri closing in on return to management with club he resigned from six years after leaving Chelsea
MAURIZIO SARRI is reportedly close to a stunning managerial return with Lazio.
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Maurizio Sarri is on the brink of rejoining Lazio a year after quitting
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He saw key men like Joaquin Correa, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic and Francesco Acerbi depart while being replaced with 'Plan C and Plan D' targets.
And a fourth straight league defeat proved to be Sarri's breaking point last year.
However, numerous reports in Italy claim the former Napoli and Juventus boss, who won the 2020 Serie A title with the latter, is now set to rejoin Lazio.
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They are without a manager after seeing Marco Baroni resign just one year into a five-year deal following Lazio's failure to qualify for Europe.
It's believed club chiefs immediately reached out to Sarri to see if he was interested in a return.
And after being promised that Lazio will hand him a transfer window war chest, the chain-smoking tactician has accepted their proposal.
Sarri is now expected to pen a two-year deal worth £5million, with an automatic year-long extension worth a further £2.5m should Lazio qualify for the Champions League.
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The Italians are now targeting several stars including Fenerbahce playmaker Sebastian Szymanski, Arsenal loanee Nuno Tavares and even former midfielder Milinkovic-Savic, now at Saudi Arabian club Al-Hilal.
Sarri is also thought to have been promised that key men including centre-backs Alessio Romagnoli and Mario Gila will be kept on despite interest from numerous clubs.
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Criticising Lazio's transfer policy shortly before his departure last year, Sarri said: 'Everyone else signs who they want.
'It seems to me that before, the club were clear about who was doing the transfers.
'If I ask you for a player who is Plan A, and you make me choose between C and D… It's not like I did the market.'
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