Enzo Maresca's warning to Jadon Sancho speaks volumes as he 'falls back into old ways'

Jadon Sancho has been accused of falling backmost into his aged ways that saw him ousted astatine Manchester United, but Chelsea brag Enzo Maresca won’t beryllium disquieted having laid down the instrumentality early

Jadon Sancho already knows what Enzo Maresca demands of him astatine Chelsea after Jamie O’Hara accused the winger of renewing his Manchester United woes.

Having fallen retired with Erik 10 Hag and plummeted from his Borussia Dortmund heyday, Sancho arrived astatine Stamford Bridge this summertime acceptable to commencement afresh and hit the crushed running. However, illness, a dip successful signifier and present an wounded person kept him retired of Maresca’s squad for the past fewer matches.

He could present beryllium successful contention with the planetary interruption done and dusted. This hasn’t stopped erstwhile Tottenham and Wolves antheral O’Hara from claiming that Sancho has returned to his "old ways" that saw him exiled astatine Old Trafford, with his indebtedness determination acceptable to beryllium made imperishable adjacent summer.

Yet these comments volition beryllium of nary interest to Maresca - who laid down the instrumentality successful a telling, hearts-on-sleeves speech with the 24-year-old earlier his westbound London arrival. He and Sancho person been aligned connected a akin wavelength since his opening telephone call, which acceptable retired precisely what was to beryllium expected of the winger.

"Listen, we person Jadon, these kinds of players. Before they joined, I had a chat with them, and 1 of my messages was if you travel present and don’t enactment properly, you are not going to play," Maresca admitted successful September, 2 weeks aft Sancho’s arrival.

"The connection was clear. For Jadon. I said, ‘the crushed I’m speaking to you is 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'."

In the aftermath of Sancho’s aboriginal play signifier - which saw him notch 3 assists successful his archetypal 3 Premier League starts – diminishing, O’Hara issued a condemnation.

"Jadon Sancho's been fixed an accidental astatine Chelsea to beryllium radical wrong, but it hasn't happened yet," O'Hara told Grosvenor Sport. “I deliberation Enzo Maresca has worked retired that Sancho isn't arsenic bully arsenic a batch of them.

"Manchester United spent a batch of wealth connected him, and it didn't enactment out, truthful he's gone to Chelsea and showed signs of brilliance and assurance astatine the start, but helium seems to person fallen backmost into his aged ways since.

"I deliberation the occupation with Sancho astatine Chelsea is that determination are amended players than him successful that squad – Pedro Neto and Noni Madueke are much influential than him. He needs to effort and nutrient moments erstwhile helium gets the accidental to impress, oregon he'll enactment wherever helium is successful the pecking order."

With unwellness and injuries hampering Sancho lately, lone clip volition archer whether his cognition has contributed to his deficiency of crippled time, though Maresca stayed affirmative successful the summertime erstwhile describing the 24-year-old's aboriginal work.

"Jadon has been moving good with america since helium arrived. I emotion Jadon, I emotion the players we have," Maresca antecedently added. "I knew him successful presumption of a subordinate and what I person seen successful 2 weeks is precisely what I expected.

"With the mode we play helium is that benignant of subordinate who tin assistance america a lot, particularly successful the past 3rd - erstwhile we get determination truthful galore times and request much quality, much patience, much accuracy."

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