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Kovacic ready to step up and be Jorginho's Chelsea understudy - Sarri

The Blues manager is looking at options within his squad to deputise for the former Napoli man after the club failed to sign a midfielder in January

Maurizio Sarri is retraining Mateo Kovacic to play the role of Jorginho’s back-up after Chelsea failed to sign a replacement for Cesc Fabregas.

Fabregas joined Monaco in the January transfer window, but Chelsea were unsuccessful in their attempts to sign former Zenit man Leandro Paredes, who ended up joining Paris Saint-Germain instead .

Sarri has been left looking for options to find a new deputy to his vital cog in the ‘Sarriball’ machine.