Maurizio Sarri admits he waited a lifetime to make the move to Chelsea.

Sarri left Napoli for the Blues last summer.

He told Corriere dello Sport: "I've been here for three months and at the start it was difficult. I arrived in mid-July, those players coming off the World Cup in August and we immediately had a tour in Australia, so there wasn't much time. I had planned for a longer apprenticeship.

“I was helped by the Spanish players at Chelsea, those who already speak our football language. Now we're having some fun. We needed a few more weeks at Napoli, but Serie A is different. Here I said to myself: 'Watch out Maurizio, you dreamed for a lifetime to make this step, so now try to be yourself.'

“I saw the tactical mechanisms worked straight away, the results then pushed us on further."