Enzo Maresca slammed over his ‘unfair’ treatment of Chelsea star

Louis SealeyPublished Sep 17, 2024, 10:44am|Updated Sep 17, 2024, 10:46am

Enzo Maresca has been slammed implicit his ‘unfair’ attraction of Chelsea defender Ben Chilwell.

Chilwell was 1 of respective Chelsea players to beryllium placed successful Maresca’s ‘bomb squad’ pursuing his accomplishment astatine Stamford Bridge.

Maresca, who near Championship winners Leicester City to regenerate Mauricio Pochettino arsenic Chelsea manager, confirmed past period than Chilwell and Raheem Sterling were grooming distant from his first-team squad.

The Italian urged some players to permission if they had hopes of regular shot this play but portion Sterling moved to Premier League rivals Arsenal connected loan, Chilwell failed to unafraid a summertime move.

Discussing Chilwell past month, Maresca said: ‘It’s rather clear, I emotion the mode helium is but the occupation is that helium struggles with america a small spot to find his champion position.

‘This greeting we had 22 players training, and if you inquire each of them they volition accidental they privation to play against City connected Sunday but that is impossible.

‘When they bid each time and bash not get immoderate minutes, it is not bully for them oregon for me, (as) I request to marque a decision.

‘It is astir apt amended to permission and get minutes (elsewhere). The transportation model is unfastened truthful we’ll spot what happens.’

Despite Maresca’s assessment, Chilwell struggled to pull involvement during the summertime transportation window and volition present look to rescue his faltering Chelsea career.

But the 27-year-old England planetary is yet to get immoderate minutes truthful acold this play and it remains to beryllium seen whether Maresca volition soften his stance and springiness him different chance.

Ex-Chelsea defender Glen Johnson has described Maresca’s attraction of Chilwell arsenic ‘unfair’ and says the erstwhile Leicester City prima is ‘more than bully enough’ to beryllium playing regularly for the Blues.

‘Ben’s much than bully capable to beryllium playing for Chelsea,’ helium told Betfred. ‘And I bash judge it’s silly sometimes erstwhile a caller manager comes into a nine with a preconceived thought of their squad earlier they’ve adjacent worked with the players.

‘It’s evident that the players successful the “bomb squad” didn’t adjacent get a accidental to impressment Maresca, truthful successful that sense, I don’t deliberation it’s just connected Ben Chilwell.’

Given Maresca’s comments astir Chilwell, it was a astonishment to spot the full-back instrumentality to first-team grooming connected Monday.

Chilwell was pictured smiling alongside his manager, perchance hinting his Chelsea vocation whitethorn not beryllium implicit arsenic the Blues look to impressment successful Maresca’s archetypal play successful westbound London.

Chelsea continued their promising tally of signifier with a 1-0 triumph implicit Bournemouth astatine the weekend. They instrumentality to enactment connected Saturday with a travel to eastbound London to look West Ham.

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