Maurizio Sarri fired a parting shot at Eden Hazard and praised Cristiano Ronaldo during his unveiling as the new Juventus manager.

He faced the media and addressed supporters for the first time on Thursday morning in a press conference.

The 60-year-old endeared himself to fans in Turin but risked further ire of the Chelsea faithful.

Sarri made a fascinating dig at former Chelsea winger Eden Hazard, who has since joined Real Madrid.

‘In recent years, I’ve had 4-3-3, but the 4-3-3 at Chelsea was very different to the one at Napoli. We had to accompany Eden Hazard’s characteristics, as he could change the game, but also his presence caused issues in defending that we had to work on,’ he admitted.

And he went on to add that none of the Chelsea players are of the quality of Cristiano Ronaldo, who will represent a step up in class.

“At Chelsea, I coached some very strong players, but training Cristiano will be yet another step forward,” he added.

“He had made many records. I’d like to help him break some new records.”

Maurizio Sarri believes he has not betrayed Napoli by joining Juventus, arguing

“I gave them 110 per cent and respected everyone.”

Napoli fans have turned on Sarri following his decision to take charge of Juve, having challenged them for the Scudetto in his three years at the San Paolo.

Defending his actions, the Coach concluded at his official unveiling in Turin:

“I think that I experienced three years in which my first thought in the morning was how to beat Juventus, because we were the most credible alternative to them, so my moral duty was to find every way Napoli could defeat Juventus.

“I gave 110 per cent, I wasn’t able to do it. I’d do it all again, but that was a sporting rivalry and my professionalism will now bring me to give my all for this club.

“Even if I did it with ways that were perhaps wrong, my efforts were intellectually appreciable.

“If I have an opponent that I must give everything to defeat and fail, I can even ‘hate’ them, but I can also appreciate them.

“I have some messages sent personally by those players with a very different tone and view of the profession.

“These would change the view here… At times, players say things to fit in with the environment around them.

“I had three years at Napoli, I made a choice out of respect to them to go abroad. With the need to come to Italy, I received an offer from Juventus and that’s it.”