Chelsea director Marina Granovskaia is believed to be currently working on securing a number of transfer targets.

The Blues have yet to make any purchases in the window, though a £35million offer for Juventus defender Daniele Rugani has been made.

Others on their wish-list include Jamaal Lascelles, Leon Bailey, Anthony Martial and Jean Michael Seri. If Sarri is eventually appointed as expected, he will also ask Chelsea to pursue a number of his former players at Napoli.

Chelsea could also be in the market for another striker amid reports that Alvaro Morata’s agent is meeting with club officials next week to confirm the Spain international wants to leave.

The club expect Morata to turn up for training as normal on July 9 with the rest of squad that are not in Russia at the World Cup.

Morata joined for a club record £58m from Real Madrid last summer, but struggled to make an impact in the Premier League.

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He ended the season with 15 goals, but was increasingly left out of the side in favour of January signing Olivier Giroud.

Standard Sport revealed last month that Morata’s former club Juventus, where he played between 2014-16, had offered Gonzalo Higuain in exchange.

Higuain is favoured by Sarri, however Higuain turns 31 in December, whereas Morata is currently 25 and still highly rated in the game despite his struggles in the capital.

Chelsea will demand a fee of around £65-70m for Morata’s signature, which may price him out of the market.

Meanwhile, Chelsea have agreed a price with Liverpool for England international Dominic Solanke - 12 months after he left west London.

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Solanke left Chelsea when his contract expired, but the Blues were still entitled to a fee because he was a ‘home-grown’ player under-24.

Chelsea wanted £10m for his signature and Liverpool were initially prepared to pay just £3m. It looked set to go to a tribunal but the two clubs agreed to a compromise before the end of last season although the total sum for the 20-year-old remains undisclosed.