Enzo Maresca appears to forget Premier League rule with Jadon Sancho statement ahead of Man Utd clash

CHELSEA brag Enzo Maresca gave fans an unexpected Jadon Sancho update up of Sunday's crippled with Manchester United.

The Blues are preparing to instrumentality connected the Red Devils astatine the Theatre of Dreams this weekend.

Maresca arrived astatine Stamford Bridge implicit the summertime and has guided Chelsea to 5th successful the table.

The 44-year-old volition beryllium facing disconnected with United interim brag Ruud van Nistelrooy.

And successful providing wounded quality for the clash, Maresca appeared to hide a reasonably important Premier League rule.

The erstwhile Leicester main revealed his squad had an astir cleanable measure of wellness into the weekend.

He besides gave an update connected Jadon Sancho, who has been struggling with a caller illness.

Maresca said: "All the players are disposable but Jadon volition beryllium out.

"He has been sick successful the caller days."

Fans were speedy to constituent retired to the Chelsea brag that Sancho was ever going to miss the game.

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He is connected indebtedness from Man Utd and is truthful not eligible to play against his genitor club.

One laughed connected X: "I deliberation Maresca genuinely conscionable forgot lmao."

Another said: "No worries, the boys volition destruct United connected his behalf."

While a 3rd joked: "Sancho knew Dalot was gonna pouch him."

Chelsea volition not person to look United nether caller brag Ruben Amorim connected Sunday.

The Portuguese was confirmed arsenic the Red Devils manager connected Friday lunchtime.

But helium volition not articulation up with his caller squad until November 11 - with his archetypal crippled against Ipswich Town astir a fortnight later.

The Red Devils volition beryllium led by Erik 10 Hag's No. 2 Van Nistelrooy, who has made it wide helium wishes to enactment connected astatine the club.

After starring United to a 5-2 triumph implicit Leicester, Van Nistelrooy said: "I decided to travel backmost present for a precise important reason.

"I came arsenic an adjunct to assistance the nine determination guardant and I'm inactive motivated to bash truthful successful immoderate capacity.

"I'm precise motivated to enactment present and assistance the nine forward, that's my implicit goal."