Maurizio Sarri has made it clear he won’t change his system despite N’Golo Kante’s struggle to adapt to his setup.
Sarri brought Jorginho from Napoli alongside him and has been using the Italian national in a deep lying role. Despite having a specialist defensive midfielder like Kante has been deployed in a more advanced midfield role.
The former Leicester City midfielder has given a new dimension to the holding role but Sarri believes the player’s best position is on the right side of midfield. With the Blues gaffer using 4-3-3 pretty effectively Kante’s influence hasn’t been felt till now.
The France international recently committed his long term future with Chelsea but according to Sarri, Kante won’t be a fit in the central role. “I want to play a central midfielder who is a very technical player, so for me, the central midfielder is Jorginho or (Cesc) Fabregas. I don’t want Kante in this position.
“Kante, in the last match, wanted to solve the match after the first 15 minutes, but in the wrong way. He lost the position, he attacked too much.
“This one is not one of the best characteristics of Kante, but it was only in reaction to the difficulties.
“Maybe it’s only a question of time, but Kante has to stay near to Jorginho, especially when the ball is on the other side. When the ball is on the left he has to stay very close to Jorginho.”
