Chelsea’s ongoing struggles in purpose have reached a boiling level, with supervisor Enzo Maresca confirming that his first-choice goalkeeper – considered Robert Sanchez – has been dropped indefinitely.
The membership’s extravagant spending lately has yielded extra complications than options, and the goalkeeping place has been a obvious concern.
Since Todd Boehly’s BlueCo group took over in 2022, Chelsea have shelled out greater than €1.2 billion on transfers, together with over €80m on goalkeepers alone. But, they nonetheless lack a standout presence between the sticks. Now, Maresca has determined to shake issues up, axing Sanchez in favour of Filip Jorgensen, who has, till this level, been saved because the second-choice shot-stopper.
Sanchez arrived at Stamford Bridge for €23m in 2023 and initially cemented himself because the membership’s primary. Nevertheless, after a sequence of high-profile errors, he misplaced his beginning spot to Djordje Petrovic final season. The identical cycle has repeated this 12 months, with Sanchez now making manner for Jorgensen.
Jorgensen, who joined from Villarreal final summer season for €20m, has primarily featured in cup competitions, as a part of the membership’s ‘B Crew,’ however was given his probability in Chelsea’s 2-1 win over West Ham. Maresca has now made it clear that the 22-year-old will proceed as Chelsea’s primary for the foreseeable future.
Enzo Maresca admits that Robert Sanchez must combat for his place
Talking about his resolution, Maresca defined: “I stated that Filip beginning in opposition to West Ham was additionally to offer Robert a while to recuperate mentally and bodily. However the concept is to not swap goalkeepers sport by sport.”
“I spoke with Robert a couple of days earlier than West Ham once I made the choice to play Filip. Since then, I haven’t spoken with him once more, and the identical goes for Filip. They each know the state of affairs. That is the choice for now, and we’ll see what occurs transferring ahead.”
