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Maurizio Sarri will wait for Thibaut Courtois and Eden Hazard to return from their holidays before meeting with the Belgian couple of their future Chelsea.
Real Madrid are expected to negotiate with Chelsea on a possible £ 35m deal for Courtois and also target Hazard after selling Cristiano Ronaldo to Juventus. Yet Sarri insisted that he would not talk to any player on the phone, after eventually replacing Antonio Conte as manager of the London club, even though they will only return to training as shortly before the end of the English transfer window on 9 August. Clearly, the players you are referring to are very high level players and I would like to keep them, "said Sarri during his unveiling Wednesday at Stamford Bridge." But a phone call without looking them in the eyes does not will give no certainty. "I would like to meet these players face to face, talk to them and understand what everyone else is doing better.Before that, I'd also like a player to come out on the pitch for four or five days with me to get a clear idea of what the plan is. "
However, Sarri's relaxed tone did not extinguish the uncertainty that weighed on Chelsea. Hazard suggested that it might be time for him to look for a new challenge after helping Belgium to finish third at the World Cup and Madrid until the Spain transfer window. closes on August 31 to pursue English club players
Courtois without having a new goalkeeper in place, even if the 26-year-old is in the final year of his contract, and lost to Liverpool in the race to sign the Alison of Roma. The future of Hazard is more at stake since he has two more years of contract left and the club thinks he can convince him to stay with a lucrative new contract offer. "He is one of the two or three best European players," said Sarri de Hazard. "I hope that I will succeed in improving it but it is very difficult since it has reached a very high level."
Sarri, who said that he was heartbroken when his three-year partnership with Napoli ended at the end of last season, admitted that his preparations for the new season had been complicated by how many time he had to wait to replace Conte. Negotiations to free the 59-year-old from his contract in Naples were difficult, even though he had been replaced at San Paolo by Carlo Ancelotti
Sarri, who is friends with Pep Guardiola of Manchester City, built a reputation as one of the most exciting coaches in Europe. Napoli pushed Juventus into the Serie A title race last season and, although Sarri did not have any trophies on his resume, his comments on the fact that the role of a coach is unclear. improve the players at his disposal go well with the Chelsea hierarchy. Speaking through a translator, he promised to entertain football and explained that his main goal was to have fun.
Conte complained that he had not received enough support in the transfer market after winning the Premier League in England. Sarri, on the other hand, said the transfer speech bored. However, he agreed that his task was to revive Chelsea after their failure to qualify for the Champions League and insisted that he was not worried about the history of Roman Abramovich's managers. shooting that fall short of expectations. his badistant, denied having homophobic or badist opinions. He was sentenced to a two-game ban and fined 20,000 euros after qualifying Roberto Mancini for "fagot" during a quarterfinal of the Italy Cup against Internazionale and has been criticized for criticizing a journalist, Titti Improta. game in March.
"People make mistakes," said Sarri. "One of those mistakes was made when I was angry.Another was not even a mistake, it was a journalist with whom I shared jokes for three years. It was misinterpreted, it is mistakes, it is certain, I think that those who know me well can not define me in this way, homophobic, badist or racist.
I am an extremely open person.I do not have that kind of problems.I hope i will show it when i live here.These errors were made, but when someone makes a mistake. he must apologize and accept the allegations of the press. "
Sarri says that Gary Cahill could have a future in Chelsea despite his interest in Juventus defender Daniele Rugani. midfielder identified as an area in which to add "a pinch of quality". Chelsea, who traveled to Australia for his pre-season tour and meets City in the Community Shield on August 5, signed midfielder Jorginho of Naples for 50.4 million pounds and targeted Aleksandr Golovin of CSKA Moscow [19659011] Eden Hazard has questioned his future Chelsea World Cup and Real Madrid has targeted after selling Cristiano Ronaldo. His departure would leave a big hole in the attack of Maurizio Sarri
Decide Courtois Madrid is also interested in goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, who is in the final year of his contract. Chelsea missed the opportunity to sign the replacement of Roma by Alisson
Manage upward The sharp sense of direction of Antonio Conte has never been in doubt during his two years at Stamford Bridge, but he has regularly faced each other. with the club hierarchy. Sarri will have good relations with Roman Abramovich
Using Youth Chelsea has won five consecutive FA Cups, but his youth remain on the periphery. Sarri can offer them hope by refusing that Ruben Loftus-Cheek joins again Crystal Palace
Evaluating the excluded The complaints of Conte about his team neglected 38 players lent the season last. Will there be any chances for Tammy Abraham, Michy Batshuayi and Kurt Zouma? And is there a future for the excluded like David Luiz?
Jacob Steinberg
