Chelsea have held talks with Napoli over deals for midfielder Jorginho and their departing boss Maurizio Sarri as they look to make changes to their playing and managerial staff.

Roman Abramovich is understood to have convened a meeting in Capri on Monday with Napoli counterpart Aurelio De Laurentiis to go over the finer details of Sarri's appointment as coach and placed an offer understood to be £50million plus add-ons for Italy international Jorginho. The Blues' bid exceeds the £46m offer from Manchester City.

City have been the player's preference and protracted negotiations over a fee plus bonuses were expected to be signed off this week.

Chelsea have opened talks with Napoli over signing Manchester City target Jorginho

The Blues have moved a step closer to securing Maurizio Sarri from the Serie A outfit too

Napoli chairman Aurelio De Laurentiis said on Wednesday that Sarri's exit has moved closer

However, Napoli have made use of talks with Chelsea over coach Sarri to instigate a rival offer from the Stamford Bridge club and Jorginho is expected in London on Wednesday.

Speaking on Italian TV on Wednesday morning, De Laurentiis confirmed that talks have taken place with Chelsea over Sarri and Jorginho.

'It's coming soon, then it depends only on him,' he said on Sarri. 'My lawyers have drafted a text that has been submitted to his lawyers and we will see.'

On Jorginho he said: 'We said to ourselves, "if Jorginho has any requests, we’ll take them into account".

'For that, I'll have to apologise to Manchester City. However, if the player would rather live in London than Manchester, I can understand that.

'If Chelsea are paying him even more, I can understand that too. Jorginho and Sarri together again? Jorginho would go to Chelsea regardless of Sarri.'

Chelsea have bid £50million for the midfielder but his preference is to join rivals City

As Sportsmail reported earlier this summer, City have already identified Croatia international Mateo Kovacic as a back-up target should the move for Jorginho break down. However, they believe the Brazilian-born Italy international had set his heart on playing for Pep Guardiola.

Chelsea midfielder Cesc Fabregas has also been mentioned as part of discussions but he is keen to stay in London.

Napoli signed Fabian Ruiz from Real Betis last week as the direct replacement for Jorginho.