Gazzetta dello Sport claims Maurizio Sarri is ‘very close’ to Chelsea but warns his €8m Napoli release clause will return in a matter of weeks.

The newspaper explains Chelsea have prepared a ‘lucrative’ two-year contract for Sarri, which includes the option for a third, while Napoli icon Gianfranco Zola will assist him at Stamford Bridge.

Gazzetta dello Sport claims Maurizio Sarri is ‘very close’ to Chelsea but warns his €8m Napoli release clause will return in a matter of weeks.

The newspaper explains Chelsea have prepared a ‘lucrative’ two-year contract for Sarri, which includes the option for a third, while Napoli icon Gianfranco Zola will assist him at Stamford Bridge.

However, the Blues would have to hurry their negotiations with Partenopei owner Aurelio De Laurentiis as the Coach’s release clause, which expired at the end of May, will rear its head again ‘at the start of July’.

It comes just a day after Sportitalia’s Alfredo Pedulla suggested Napoli could waive any compensation if Chelsea agreed not to activate any release clauses in their players’ contracts.

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