Chelsea midfielder Jorginho insists he's no manager Maurizio Sarri favourite.

Jorginho, 27, played for Sarri at their former club Napoli and they arrived on the same day last July — sealing his fate as the new manager's blue-eyed-boy.

But he told The Sun: “I'm not special.

“No, I'm a normal player. I don't want to be special, it's not good. It's perfect to be the same as everyone else. I don't want to be the special one."

“Even if they do think I am Sarri's man, I want to show why Sarri likes me.

"So I want to show them I am a good player and they are wrong to have that attitude towards me.

“I have a normal relationship with him, a relationship between two professionals. I don't go out for dinner with him, I don't go round to his house.

“Our work is very professional and he speaks and explains what he wants me to do, I try to understand that and do my best for the team."