Roberto De Zerbi's desire to work in a stable, secure structure could pose a problem for Chelsea after it emerged that the Italian coach is on the Blues' shortlist of candidates to replace Graham Potter at Stamford Bridge.
Chelsea shelled out around £22million in compensation in order to prise Potter and five members of his backroom staff away from Brighton back in September which, in turn, led to De Zerbi landing the Brighton job.
But less than seven months on, Potter has been sacked after winning just 12 of his 31 games at the helm - and De Zerbi is attracting admiring glances from the Chelsea hierarchy after building on his predecessor's fine work at the Amex Stadium.
