Maurizio Sarri is due to meet Napoli owner Aurelio De Laurentiis this week amid suggestions the manager, who is on Chelsea’s shortlist, will quit at the end of the season.

Sarri’s work is appreciated at Chelsea, who seem certain to part company with manager Antonio Conte at the end of the campaign. He can leave before the end of this month if a club activates the £7million release clause in his contract.

Relations between De Laurentiis and Sarri are thought to have become very frosty in recent times, even though De Laurentiis has said he hopes Sarri will continue at Napoli. Sarri’s team sustained a Serie A title challenge throughout the season but ran out of steam at the end, allowing Juventus to clinch their seventh consecutive crown with a 0-0 draw at Roma on Sunday.

Sarri has 12 months remaining on his deal but would like £3.5m per year – nearly treble his current annual £1.3m.

He has achieved success with the core of the team he inherited from Rafael Benitez three years ago, with little activity in the market. Sarri also wants to sign some top, experienced players this summer but chairman Aurelio De Laurentiis prefers up-and-coming talent.

With hopes of an agreement starting to fade, Napoli have compiled a shortlist of new managers including Sampdoria’s Marco Giampaolo, outgoing Paris Saint-Germain coach Unai Emery, Paulo Fonseca of Shakhtar Donetsk and Marseille’s Rudi Garcia.

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There are also indications in Italy that former Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti would be a contender to take over at Napoli if Sarri departs.