Napoli coach Sarri a target for Chelsea

'La Gazzetta dello Sport' and other news outlets in Italy have claimed on Saturday that Napoli's head coach is a potential target for Roman Abramovich after impressing him with his style of football.

The Serie A team currently sit top of the Italian leage and have comfortably competed with Juventus this season in a bid to stop their dominance.

Sarri began managing Napoli in the summer of 2015 and have since finished second and third respectively, setting a new team record for consecutive league victories in the process. 

He has an affordable release clause too, allowing any club to buy him out for €8m (£7m) up until May 31 and his policy of working within to improve players instead of buying new ones resonates with the Chelsea board.

With constant speculation about the future of Conte, it does appear that this will be his final season at Stamford Bridge as the club reportedly have a shortlist and are in the process of assessing those replacement options.