Gabriele Marcotti says Chelsea will not allow Jorginho to join Juventus (Image: ESPN/GETTY)
Sarri was appointed Juventus’ new manager last Sunday, replacing Massimiliano Allegri in Turin.
He was almost immediately linked with bringing Jorginho back to Serie A.
Jorginho was Sarri’s first signing at Chelsea last summer after working with him at previous club Napoli.
The midfielder was often criticised during his first campaign at Stamford Bridge, with Sarri using him instead of N’Golo Kante in the defensive midfield role.
"We'll wait a few days to figure out whether there is any truth in this interest mentioned in the papers,” Santos said.
"His past at Napoli won’t be an issue, because Jorginho is a professional. Right now, Jorginho is happy at Chelsea.
"He found a great atmosphere and we can't really say that he'd like to go elsewhere, but anything can happen in the transfer market. We'll wait and see…”
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Marcotti says Chelsea need to keep hold of Jorginho (Image: ESPN)
However, Marcotti cannot see Chelsea letting Jorginho leave due to their transfer ban, the departure of loanee Mateo Kovacic as well as the long-term Achilles injury to Ruben Loftus-Cheek.
“That is wonderful agent speak, that is exactly what I would want my agent to say,” Marcotti said on ESPN FC.
“I think with the transfer ban in place, Chelsea have an issue with bodies in midfield.
“Obviously [Mateo] Kovacic is going to go back to Real Madrid after his loan, Loftus-Cheek is out for a long, long time.
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