New Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri has declared the transfer window "boring".

Sarri has already signed Napoli midfielder Jorginho and has set his sights on several other targets including Gonzalo Higuain and Aleksandr Golovin.

But the 59-year-old is conducting his transfer business reluctantly, insisting he sees himself more as a "pitch manager" who develops the players already at the club rather than looking to the transfer market for solutions.

Asked about the futures of key players Eden Hazard and Thibaut Courtois, Sarri said: "We would always like to keep the strongest players. This is what every manager wants to do, that is what every club wants to do.

"I want to clarify that I feel much more a pitch manager than a general manager.

"I am one of the few managers that is bored by the transfer market. I am not that interested in it.

"I think our task is growing the players that we have."