I’m not a big fan of Sarri, I think he is unprofessional and barely rotates his squad. I think our team would peak too soon and would burn out.
That being said, I think he isn’t as bad in European cups as he’s being portrayed.
His first year at Napoli he began the season in the Europa League and was knocked out in Round of 32 to Villarreal. Villarreal would go onto the semi finals and finish 4th in La Liga. It’s a bad round to be knocked out in but it wasn’t that bad of an opponent.
His second year he won his Champions League group and was unlucky to face Real Madrid in the round of 16. No shame there.
His third year he pulled a Conte. He finished third in a group he should have finished second. Then unlike Conte, he was knocked out in the round of 32 by RB Leipzig who was coming off 2nd place in Bundesliga. They would go to the quarter finals. Honestly, I can’t defend that because that’s a disappointing year in Europe for Sarri’s Napoli.
And in his first year at Chelsea he is in the Europa League final.
As for the no trophies thing, come on, Juve is a bigger and better and more experienced club. It is unfair to expect Napoli to win the Scudetto. Perhaps a Coppa once in a while, but that’s it. And third place at Chelsea, while making a domestic cup final isn’t bad either.
Again, Sarri isn’t my favorite candidate but his European record isn’t as bad as being portrayed in my opinion and he’s mostly met expectations outside of that.
Out of all the candidates my preference is Pochettino.