Napoli President, Aurelio De Laurentiis has accused former head coach, Maurizio Sarri of trying to take his ‘whole team’ with him to his new club, Chelsea.
De Laurentiis replaced Sarri with Carlo Ancelotti at the end of last season.
Chelsea’s appointment of Sarri played a major role in the signing of midfielder, Jorginho from Napoli.
Jorginho has already followed his former Napoli boss to Stamford Bridge, but De Laurentiis warned there would be no further deals.
“I didn’t like him saying that we both made mistakes, as I don’t think I made any,” De Laurentiis told Sky Sports Italia.
“He had a contract, so I could have said something because he was behaving in unacceptable, going against players he didn’t think were very good.
“I was not wrong to not challenge him, even if it would’ve been the most obvious thing [to do].
“These players gave him a lot. He massacred them in his famous training sessions, but they always reacted well.
“After that, he wanted to take my whole team to England and dismantle it. I had to lay down the law to Marina [Granovskaia, director at Chelsea].
“He wanted Jorginho and I gave him away after talking with Ancelotti, who told me he was expecting a lot from [Amadou] Diawara and that he wants to play [Marek] Hamsik deeper.”
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