Chelsea coach Maurizio Sarri wanted to 'dismantle' Napoli squad, claims Aurelio De Laurentiis: 'I had to lay down the law'

Chelsea have been warned after Maurizio Sarri had plans to "dismantle" Napoli's squad in this summer's transfer window, according to Aurelio De Laurentiis.

​Sarri, who had been in charge of Napoli since 2015, agreed personal terms to become Chelsea's new coach in May, though the deal was held up over compensation for the Serie A side and talks to dismiss Antonio Conte.

The west Londoners agreed a £57million deal with Napoli for Sarri which included the purchase of star midfielder Jorginho last week, with the coach promising fans entertaining football and silverware.

Standard Sport reported before the deal was struck that Napoli president De Laurentiis would not let the move go ahead until he had assurances none of the club’s other top talent will move to Stamford Bridge while Sarri is there.

Standard Sport understands that Sarri was planning on signing as many as five of his former Napoli players, including Jorginho.

And De Laurentiis has now revealed that he warned Chelsea director Marina Granovskaia that he would not allow Sarri to raid Napoli's squad, and only let Jorginho leave due to Ancelotti's plans for a tactical revamp.

"I didn't like it when he said that we both made mistakes," De Laurentiis told Sky Sports Italia. "I don't think I made any.

"I wasn't wrong not to challenge him even if it would have been most obvious thing.

He had a contract so I could have said something because he was acting in an unacceptable manner, going against players he didn't think were very good.

"These players gave him a lot. He massacred them in his fantastic training sessions but they always responded 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, Chelsea director].

"He wanted Jorginho and I gave him away after I talked to Ancelotti, who told me he was banking a lot on [Amadou] Diawara and that he wanted to play [Marek] Hamsik deeper."