Maurizio Sarri's tenure at Napoli didn't exactly get off to the best of starts.
Appointed as the replacement for Rafa Benitez in the summer of 2015, his arrival at the Stadio San Paolo was greeted by the collective shrugging of shoulders.
Season ticket sales slumped to the second-lowest total in Serie A - only little Carpi shifted fewer - and then there was the equivalent of a two-footed lunge from club legend Diego Maradona.
'We won't have a winning Napoli with him,' said Maradona.