Maurizio Sarri agent: Are Chelsea a football club?'

Maurizio Sarri agent: Are Chelsea a football club?'

Maurizio Sarri’s agent rubbed off questions about The blues after talks reportedly broke down. “Are they a football club?”

The Coach was fired by Napoli in order to make way for Carlo Ancelotti, but under Italian rules, his contract remains valid until it is terminated by mutual agreement.

There was an option of paying his release clause worthy of €8m, but that expired last night and therefore is no longer applicable.

Chelsea had been expected to pay the sum, but refused to go ahead with it, asking Sarri to disengage himself from the contract first.

Sportitalia caught up with Sarri’s agent, Alessandro Pellegrini, and he made some surprising comments when asked about the situation.

“I don’t know who Chelsea are, are they a football club? We only know about Napoli.”

This follows reports on Sky Sports that Chelsea were put off by Sarri's previous 'behaviour,' specifically a homophobic slur he aimed at Roberto Mancini.