Enzo Maresca sends warning to Mykhailo Mudryk after losing Chelsea place

Enzo Maresca says Chelsea fans whitethorn person to ‘accept’ the existent mentation of Mykhailo Mudryk, urging the winger ‘do better’ to reclaim his spot successful the starting XI.

The Ukraine planetary joined the Blues from Shakhtar Donetsk successful a woody that could emergence to £89million but has shown small motion of fulfilling that immense committedness successful westbound London.  

The 23-year-old has mislaid his spot successful the broadside nether Maresca this play with his lone starts coming successful the Uefa Conference League play-off clash against Swiss broadside Servette.

He has been constricted to conscionable 56 minutes disconnected the seat successful the Premier League with the Blues caput manager turning to different options. Chelsea person an embarrassment of riches successful wide positions with Noni Madueke nailing down the relation connected the close arsenic his own.

Jadon Sancho and Pedro Neto person been preferred connected the left with Joao Felix and Christopher Nkunku options retired wide too.

Mudryk volition anticipation to beryllium handed a starting relation erstwhile Chelsea instrumentality connected Barrow successful the Carabao Cup 3rd circular tonight.

Amid the winger’s continued struggles, Maresca has dismissed suggestions it could beryllium down to a deficiency of confidence.

Maresca told a property conference: ‘I don’t deliberation it’s a deficiency of confidence. Misha is Misha.

‘You person to judge the mode helium is. Hopefully helium tin get minutes and bash better.’

Ben Chilwell is different who could diagnostic connected Tuesday night. The left-back was told to permission Stamford Bridge during the summertime transportation model but a determination failed to materialise.

The erstwhile Leicester City trained distant from the first-team during that play but was backmost among acquainted faces astatine Cobham earlier this month.

‘Hopefully we tin springiness him (Chilwell) immoderate minutes,’ Maresca said. ‘The thought for him was to leave.

‘In the infinitesimal that he’s here, he’s 1 of the squad, he’s training.’

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