Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri has reportedly urged club bosses to sign Napoli defender Elseid Hysaj in the January transfer window .
Sarri has been known to be a big fan of the Albanian defender throughout his career, taking him with him when he moved from Empoli to Napoli in 2015 and making him a key part of his plans.
The 24-year-old has seen his playing time drop since Sarri's departure and rumours suggest the Chelsea manager now wants to bring him to Stamford Bridge.
According to Telesport, Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis has been annoyed by demands for a significant salary increase from Hysaj's agent.
They also report that the Albanian remains in regular contact with his former manager Sarri and could be tempted by a reunion with the Blues.
With Napoli considering a move for Red Bull Salzburg right back Stefan Lainer, Carlo Ancelotti would allow Hysaj to leave and Sarri wants Chelsea to make sure they act.
Chelsea reportedly made an approach in the summer which was denied, but the circumstances have now changed with Ancelotti often preferring other options in his squad.
Sarri may have to wait until the summer, however, with Napoli reluctant to make the move in the middle of the season.
Nesaiknruy_Legend
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This is good, but pedro can't be our striker. We need to sign some good strikers, a proper one.
Pedro can easily false 9. He done it before next to David Villa for Spain. Pedro is probably the best player in this system since he's played in similar systems for all his career. The positioning and sense of our near Tiki Taka football is implanted in Pedro head and he has the abilities to be a fantastic false 9....
Nesaiknruy_Legend
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If we do get Hysaj, I really think Sarri should try this out. In theory this team would be amazing and each player works well where they are and that includes Kante even if some guys assume he's out of position whatever that means. This should be our squad for competing, I think it could be a fantastic squad....
Nesaiknruy_Legend
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ahem. PEDRO AS STRIKER??!?!?! PAH LEASE. Pedro can’t be our striker. We need Giroud as striker. Yes we need Hysaj. But we need Victor Moses to play LB. We need willian as a right mid.
Already named 2 players that clearly don't suit the system. Moses and Willian are not Good enough for the system. Their abilities aren't on parr with what the system requires. Willian is to wasteful in possession and holds into the ball for too long and Moses doesn't have the necessary balance between going forward and defending and even then his crossing is poor in comparison to Emerson's....
Nesaiknruy_Legend
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Well. You cannot put Emerson in. We need to see the boy play. Put in Alonso. For RM, put in Pedro. For RW, put in Hudson-Odoi
Emerson is better than Alonso in every aspect but scoring and free kicks. That means the requirements of his position he fulfils better than Alonso does. Alonso was never a top tier full back. Just a good scorer. Arguably a winger if anything, cos he can't do anything a fullback actually needs to do better than Emerson. Odoi is perfect on the right as he showed by grabbing an assist in the game against POAK. He showed that he can play on both sides that game. I watched him live at the stadium and celebrated the goal and assist. He's class enough to be in the first team. Pedro also needs to be in the first team and has at times shown he's a better finisher than Giroud and Morata. He could easily fulfil the false 9 role as he's done so in the past successfully alongside David Villa for Spain.....