The Italian believes the Frenchman will not fit into his scheme of things as a holding midfielder.
Maurizio Sarri has stated that he will not replace Jorginho with Ngolo Kante in the Chelsea midfield.
The head coach explained: "I want to play a central midfielder who is a very technical player, so for me, the central midfielder is Jorginho or (Cesc) Fabregas. I don't want Kante in this position.
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"Kante, in the last match, wanted to solve the match after the first 15 minutes, but in the wrong way. He lost the position, he attacked too much.
"This one is not one of the best characteristics of Kante, but it was only in reaction to the difficulties.
"Maybe it's only a question of time, but Kante has to stay near to Jorginho, especially when the ball is on the other side. When the ball is on the left he has to stay very close to Jorginho."
Ahead of Chelsea's match against PAOK in the Europa League on Thursday, Sarri also had words of warning for Callum Hudson-Odoi.
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The 18-year-old impressed in pre-season for the Blues, prompting Sarri to say he would keep him in the first-team squad, but he has played just three matches since then.
"He has to improve on the offensive phase, because he is very good one against one, but he has to learn to move without the ball.
"His potential is a very good player and now he has to study. But that is normal, because he is only 18.
"I want to find a space for him. It is not very easy because we have 28 players. It's very difficult but I'll try to find a space for him."