Today’s tittle-tattle is delaying the inevitableCiggie-loving Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri is blowing heart-shaped smoke rings in the direction of Napoli full-back Elseid Hysaj, according to the Daily Star. Despite an initial reluctance to allow the 24-year-old Albanian to move to Stamford Bridge during the summer, reports in Italy say Napoli’s president, Aurelio De Laurentiis, has now sanctioned a deal that could see Hysaj make the switch in a transaction worth £50m to the Serie A club. In more worrying news for Sarri, Eden Hazard remains typically noncommittal about his future at Chelsea, but has said talks about a new contract with his current employers have broken down. Meanwhile in Germany, Hazard’s brother Thorgan, a midfielder with Borussia Möchengladbach, is being linked with a January move to Liverpool.No longer a regular in the Chelsea first team, Cesc Fàbregas could be off to Milan in January, even though Sarri wants the club’s personnel department to offer him a one-year contract extension. Asked if he was seriously interested in taking the Spaniard to Italy, Milan’s sporting director, Leonardo, maintained his best poker face and gave little away. “We evaluated it, considering the possibility, but didn’t go all in,” he said. “We are still evaluating the conditions.” Related: Jürgen Klopp urges Liverpool ‘to put right our mistake’ against Napoli Continue readingreadfullarticle
