Maurizio
Sarri doubts Chelsea would keep him as head coach if he went four years
without winning a trophy at Stamford Bridge.
Sarri's Tottenham counterpart Mauricio Pochettino has managed precisely that
feat, with the managers coming up against each other for the first time in
the Premier League on Saturday.
The highly-rated bosses share the unwanted distinction of not having won any
silverware in their managerial careers, but Sarri admits that his drought
probably needs to end if he is to remain in his post.
Asked if he would be afforded four years at Chelsea without a trophy, Sarri
said: "I don't think so, but I don't know.
"It's up to the club - if it's more important to win, or more important to
improve the players.
"I want to win something, just to avoid this question. Sometimes there are
the conditions for winning. Sometimes not.
"It's clear he (Pochettino) is a very important coach, with a trophy or
without a trophy."
Sarri was asked which Spurs player he would like if he could sign one and
was happy to declare his appreciation of Christian Eriksen.
But, when the subject of the Denmark player's contract expiring came up,
Sarri protested.
"No, no, no," he said.
"I like him very much, but I don't want to talk about a player of Tottenham
for the market, of course.
"I only answered a question."
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