Sarri believes Morata, 26,
is similar to Saponara, who he coached at Empoli earlier in his career.
The former Italy Under-21
international showed enough potential to secure a move to AC Milan, but the
26-year-old's career is yet to hit the heights many expected.
And Sarri feels Morata has
the same type of mental fragility.
"It's difficult,"
Sarri said. "At Empoli I had a wonderful player, Riccardo Saponara, who we
sold to AC Milan.
"Saponara was one of
the best players I have ever seen, but a little bit mentally fragile.
"Alvaro has scored
four or five goals in his last six matches, so I cannot see a big problem. I
hope that there will be more this season.
"Every season he
scores 15 or 16 goals, so he's around his average [goal return]. I speak with
him every week, but on the pitch he is alone.
"I think that at the
moment he's not playing to his full potential. It's difficult."
Chelsea signed Morata from
Real Madrid in the summer of 2017 in a deal worth £60 million.
Last month Sarri expressed
his doubts about the striker, who is battling Frenchman Olivier Giroud to be
Chelsea's attacking spearhead.
He said: "I think
Alvaro has a very great physical and technical potential, so I think he can
improve more.
"He's a little bit
fragile from the mental point of view. But he's very young. I think he can
improve, improve very fast."
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