Chelsea: Time is running out for new manager Maurizio Sarri before the kick

Relationships are always very entertaining during the honeymoon, but Maurizio Sarri's marriage with Chelsea will soon be put to the test.

With director Marina Granovskaia and President Bruce Buck listening intently from the front row, the 59- One year old Italian certainly said all the right things at his first official press conference at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday afternoon

A question about the homophobic and badist comments of the past has been carefully diverted to safety, with the help of an interpreter. as Sarri spoke for half an hour in his native language.

The unveiling of a new coach from Chelsea has been trite since owner Roman Abramovich bought the club in 2003. But, for the moment at least, it seems that Sarri is the first to be on the message when he This is the level of saying that he has in the transfers.

"I want to clarify I feel more like a field manager, a field manager than a general manager," he said. "I think I'm one of the few managers who is bored with the transfer market, I do not want to talk about it, it does not interest me, I think our job as managers is to grow the players we have. "

It must have been music in the ears of Granovskaia and Buck, who had to endure an Antonio Conte frustrated by a lack of support on the market almost from day one, after his arrival in 2016. Jose Mourinho in two periods – 2004-7 and 2013-15 – was not much better.

This helps that Sarri has already seen one of his targets – Jorginho, of his former Napoli club – walk through the door, while Daniele Rugani and Aleksandr Golovin are certain to join the midfielder from the west of London. Still, it would be naïve to think that this will not become a problem in the future. After all, Sarri has been scrambling with Napoli's Aurelio de Laurentiis president earlier this year on the club's hiring process.

The summer window closes in three weeks, and what happens between now and will have a great influence on Sarri's first campaign in English football.

Chelsea's strength in depth was unveiled last season while she finished fifth and there is still a chance that Eden Hazard, Thibaut Courtois, N 'Golo Kante, Willian and Alvaro Morata could all win their places elsewhere when the Blues launch the new campaign in Huddersfield on August 11th.

Keeping Courtois is unlikely and some marginal players are required to leave, too. However, Sarri can not afford to lose all his crown jewels. He needs Chelsea to add to what is already there, do not see the numbers and quality deteriorate. "At the end of the transfers, it will be up to me to understand what type of game is the most appropriate for the final team," said Sarri. "I can not pretend to come here to change 20 players, I have to adapt to Chelsea and the players and then we'll see if we change something in my game, because the team makes me play a game different because of their characteristics. " 19659002] Sarri's style of play is recognized in Italy for his fluid and entertaining nature but, to bring change, he needs time to drill his methods into the team. But time is the only thing that he does not have. The Community Shield against Manchester City takes place on August 5th; their first league match six days later. His World Cup players will come back in dribs and drabs. Again, a barely ideal preparation

Chelsea's record with managers shows that the word patience is not in their vocabulary. Sarri has used the word "fun" 11 times in all Wednesday, but the hierarchy will not be amused if the Blues start slowly.

Encouraging, however, next to the optimistic predictable message, came steel words. 19659002] "If I was someone who was still worried, I would probably do another job," he said. "Our work is both risky and satisfying, and what happened in Chelsea in the past does not concern me – I'm not scared, I do not want to be afraid."

"It is very important to know how to impose your own philosophy of football in less time, shorter than the past. A few years ago, I needed a lot of time. I hope that I have improved and that this initial time is shorter, that the quality of the players will see results while we build the team. "

It is the board that expects to see positive results sooner or later or this tale will have a very familiar ending."