Napoli coach Maurizio Sarri has said he did not know about new signing Vlad Chiriches until he saw him at the club.
The Romanian defender arrived at the Azzurri training camp in Dimora on Tuesday and was being put through his paces as part of a medical on Wednesday before a reported €6 million transfer from Tottenham Hotspur.
Sarri said he had bumped into the 25-year-old on his way to a news conference, and La Repubblica reported him as saying: "I only saw him play once six months ago and I know very little about him.
"But if he's been signed, it must mean he's got quality. I'll make up my own mind about him in the weeks to come.
"It's not a habit of mine to make specific transfer demands to my club. All I do is suggest the characteristics I need in a player."
Sarri said he hoped signing Chiriches, who played 10 times in the Premier League last season, would be a good move by president Aurelio De Laurentiis.
But he added: "There are bound to be some arguments between us -- the president's got a difficult character, like any intelligent person with a great personality.
"But I'm sure we'll work together in total harmony."
