Enzo Maresca says Chelsea star must improve: ‘Far from where I want him to be’

Enzo Maresca has conceded that Chelsea goalkeeper Robert Sanchez has a batch of improving to bash and is ‘far’ from the level helium demands.

Sanchez has been reinstated arsenic the Blues’ first-choice keeper since the accomplishment of Maresca this summer but has endured a mixed play successful betwixt the sticks.

The Spaniard has made has made 4 errors starring to goals successful the Premier League, a full lone bettered by Ipswich Town keeper Arijanet Muric.

His latest high-profile mistake came during Chelsea’s 3-1 triumph implicit Wolves connected Monday erstwhile a dropped shot allowed the visitors to gully level successful the archetypal half.

The 27-year-old was subjected to jeers from his location fans successful the 2nd half, and Maresca admitted that Sanchez inactive has plentifulness of enactment to bash to amended his levels of performance.

‘He’s getting amended but he’s inactive far, far, acold from wherever I privation him to be,’ the Chelsea brag said of his keeper up of his side’s clash with Manchester City connected Saturday.

And Maresca was not consenting to springiness immoderate guarantees that Sanchez would beryllium his first-choice keeper adjacent season.

‘I’m not reasoning astir the seasons coming. I’m reasoning astir this season,’ the Italian added.

‘For this season? No doubt. But past successful the future, we don’t know. It is not lone astir Robert. It is adjacent astir me, you know? I’m focused connected this moment, this season.’

Asked astir the jeers Sanchez was subjected to by his ain fans, Maresca said: ‘That is not precise bully for his confidence, but besides Robert is simply a nonrecreational who has to larn to woody with that benignant of moment.

‘It’s acquisition for him. He has to amended besides to woody with that benignant of infinitesimal during a crippled astatine location wherever the fans, for immoderate reason, are not happy. He has to negociate that moment.

‘I didn’t talk with Robert. I see that benignant of infinitesimal portion of our job. You person to larn that you person to woody with that.

‘It’s already happened successful the past with Robert, and helium did rather well.’

While Sanchez volition person a enactment of execution until adjacent season, Chelsea are reportedly already sizing up alternatives successful the summer.

Filip Jorgensen, who has chiefly been utilized successful cupful competitions, could beryllium fixed his chance, portion the nine person besides been linked with a determination for £40m-rated Parma keeper Zion Suzuki.

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