Maurizio Sarri is looking to bring in Dries Mertens from Napoli and will try to convince the Chelsea board to finance a deal for the 31-year-old, according to the Daily Star. Mertens is with the Belgium national side at the World Cup and even scored an incredible goal against Panama in their opening fixture and … Read more
Chelsea’s plans of signing Kalidou Koulibaly might be scuppered as Napoli are not willing to sell the Senegal international, according to The Express. The star defender has been earmarked as one of the players that Maurizio Sarri wants at Chelsea if he takes over but Napoli chief Aurelio De Laurentiis has stated that none of his … Read more
Napoli are willing to let go of Maurizio Sarri to Chelsea but only if the Blues agree that they would not be signing some of their players, according to reports from Italy. Sport Italia (h/t Metro) claim that a breakthrough has been found in the deal for Sarri and an announcement could be made soon but … Read more
Chelsea are interested in the services of Spanish defender Raul Albiol, according to The Mirror. The report claims that while we are trying to sign Maurizio Sarri from Napoli, Albiol is a player we are looking to sign ahead of the new season. The 32-year-old has spent five seasons with Napoli after leaving Real Madrid and … Read more
Napoli are willing to reduce the asking price for Maurizio Sarri as the Italian has been linked with a move to Chelsea. The Serie A club have already signed Carlo Ancelotti as their new manager but have Sarri on their books for another two seasons. A report from The Mirror claims that the Chelsea-linked manager had … Read more
Chelsea could start looking to sign Gonzalo Higuain as soon as they complete the deal to bring Maurizio Sarri in a week’s time. Reports from Italy via Gazzetta dello Sport and SportItalia (h/t The Sun) claim that negotiations will begin on Monday and could be completed within a week. It is then that the Blues … Read more
Elseid Hysaj would be willing to join his former coach, Maurizio Sarri this summer according to the player’s agent. The Albanian has been linked with a big-money move to the Blues but the transfer has been left in limbo given the situation with our manager. Antonio Conte has still not been sacked while Sarri has lost … Read more
Chelsea target Elseid Hysaj has rejected any rumours of him leaving the Serie A club this season after manager Maurizio Sarri left the side. The 24-year-old Albanian was speaking to Calciomercato (h/t Football.London) and added that the signing of Carlo Ancelotti as the manager of Napoli was a “good choice” before going on to say … Read more
As per a report from The Metro, Maurizio Sarri has informed Chelsea that he wants Mauro Icardi as the club’s first signing this summer. The report goes on to state that Sarri is one of the prime targets to take on the role of our new manager. Icardi, who has a release clause of £96m, appears … Read more
Napoli may have replaced Maurizio Sarri with Carlo Ancelotti as their new manager but it looks like Chelsea will face another stumbling block in the pursuit of the former Napoli boss. According to a report by The Sun, the Italians will not let him leave for a mere £3.5million. The report claims that the Naples-based outfit … Read more