Jorginho (Chelsea) If Antonio Conte became used to not getting his way with transfers, the signing of Jorginho felt like the perfect sweetener for his successor. The 26-year-old midfielder was confirmed on the same day as Maurizio Sarri, both arriving from Napoli, and it said plenty for his importance to the new manager’s plans that Manchester City were beaten to his signature. Sarri hopes Jorginho will add some of the “pinch of quality” he thinks Chelsea’s midfield lacks. “He is very quick in the mind,” Sarri said of a player originally signed for Napoli by Rafael Benítez, and the idea is that he will move the ball around more sharply and quickly. Born in Imbituba, in the...
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