London "Chelsea" officially announced the signing of a contract with a new mentor - Mauricio Sarri.

According to the official club site, the agreement between the parties is designed for three years. Note that Sarri was a substitute for another Italian specialist Antonio Conte, who was fired July 13.

Prior to his appointment as coach of the Blues, Sarri worked with Napoli, which he headed in 2015. To lure him, Chelsea paid Parthenopia 8 million euros in compensation. The salary of the Sarri himself will be 6 million euros per year.

In 2017, Sarri became the best coach of Serie A.

"I'm very happy to come to Chelsea and the Premier League. This is an exciting new period in my career.

I'm looking forward to getting started and meeting players on Monday before traveling to Australia, where I can get to know the team. I hope we can show interesting football for our fans and that we will fight for the trophies at the end of the season, what this club deserves, "the official website of" Chelsea ". The season 2017/18 turned out to be very unsuccessful for Chelsea, because in the standings they took only 5 line. Londoners will play in the Europa League.