Enzo Maresca reveals warning he sent to Jadon Sancho ahead of Chelsea debut

Ahead of his imaginable Chelsea debut, Enzo Maresca has warned Jadon Sancho that if helium ‘doesn’t enactment hard past helium won’t play’.

Sancho completed a astonishment indebtedness determination to Stamford Bridge connected deadline time with an work to buy, frankincense ending his Manchester United nightmare.

The Red Devils paid £73million for the winger backmost successful 2021 but helium would people conscionable 12 goals and marque six assists successful 83 appearances.

His Old Trafford vocation efficaciously ended a twelvemonth agone aft being banished from the first-team by Erik 10 Hag aft a nationalist falling retired with the manager.

This came aft Ten Hag stated that Sancho had not been included successful a matchday squad owed to lacklustre performances successful training, a assertion the subordinate disputed connected societal media.

The 24-year-old is present hoping to get his vocation backmost connected way successful westbound London, but if helium was hoping Maresca would beryllium somewhat much relaxed than Ten Hag connected the grooming ground, his caller manager rapidly snuffed retired that idea.

Ahead of Sancho’s imaginable Chelsea debut astatine Bournemouth connected Saturday night, the Italian manager revealed what helium told him and chap caller signing Joao Felix earlier their transfers were completed.

‘Before they joined the club, I had a chat with them, and 1 of my messages to them was if you travel present and don’t enactment decently past you are not going to play,’ Maresca said.

‘Before they arrived, the connection for them was clear. For Jadon. For Joao. 

‘But the crushed wherefore I’m speaking to you is due to the fact that I truly similar you. If you travel present successful the mode that we want, we are happy.

‘But if you travel determination and don’t enactment hard, it’s amended if you don’t come.’

And it seems that connection got done to the England international, with Maresca adding: ‘I don’t person immoderate thought astir what happened with Erik. I tin conscionable justice the subordinate successful the weeks helium has been with america and helium has been perfect.

‘I don’t see Jadon a hazard due to the fact that I see Jadon arsenic a subordinate who tin assistance us. With the mode we play helium is that benignant of subordinate to assistance america a lot, particularly successful the past 3rd erstwhile we get determination truthful galore times and request much quality, much patience, much accuracy.

‘I emotion Jadon, I emotion the players we have. The crushed Jadon is present is due to the fact that I emotion him, different helium would not beryllium here.’

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