Maurizio Sarri’s regular brushes with Italy’s football authorities look likely to cost him the chance of becoming Chelsea’s next manager.
A series of misdemeanours – the most recent a 20k Euro fine and two-game ban in January for alleged homophobic abuse of Roberto Mancini – looks to have steered the west London club away from appointing the 60-year old.
Sarri denied being homophobic but was banned for “directing extremely insulting epithets at the coach of the opposing team”.