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title: "Abramovich makes personal call to De Laurentiis to speed up Sarri deal"
canonical: "https://readchelsea.com/2018/07/09/abramovich-makes-personal-call-to-de-laurentiis-to-speed-up-sarri-deal/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Ryan Darby"
section: "Chelsea News"
published: "2018-07-09T11:28:20Z"
modified: "2018-07-09T11:28:20Z"
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# Abramovich makes personal call to De Laurentiis to speed up Sarri deal

Roman Abramovich has personally called Napoli’s Aurelio De Laurentiis in a bid to speed up an agreement over Maurizio Sarri.

According to Corriere dello Sport, as cited on [Sport Mediaset](https://www.sportmediaset.mediaset.it/mercato/napoli/chelsea-sarri-una-telefonata-tra-abramovich-e-adl-sblocca-la-trattativa_1224428-201802a.shtml), the Chelsea owner has taken matters into his hands after days of talks between the two clubs.

Napoli and Chelsea remain in discussions over a fee to release Sarri from his contract in Naples, despite the Italians already hiring Carlo Ancelotti as his replacement.

![Francesco Pecoraro/Getty Images Sport](https://cdn.readeverything.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/960524668.jpg)

Talks are said to have been held through the representatives of both parties but Abramovich has acted himself as the Blues look to seal a deal within the next few hours.

The report claims that Napoli have also continued talks with Marina Granovskaia, with a deal appearing to be in the final stages.

Antonio Conte remains in charge at Chelsea and is beginning the club’s pre-season preparations today as senior players returned to the training ground over the weekend.