Jadon Sancho 'back to square one' at Chelsea as Man Utd target told to 'stop moaning'

Former Premier League midfielder Jamie O'Hara has had his accidental connected Chelsea duo Jadon Sancho and Christopher Nkunku, some of whom person experienced mixed starts to the 2024/25 season

Jadon Sancho has been told he's falling backmost into aged habits and is astatine hazard of falling level astatine Chelsea, conscionable arsenic helium did astatine Manchester United.

That's according to Jamie O'Hara, who reckoned Sancho was "back astatine quadrate one" aft failing to capitalise connected a promising commencement astatine Stamford Bridge. The United loanee, who volition articulation the Blues permanently astatine the extremity of the play providing they decorativeness supra 15th successful the Premier League table, is yet to people for his caller club.

He acceptable up Christopher Nkunku's precocious victor against Bournemouth connected his debut successful September, and notched 2 much assists successful his adjacent 2 games. But a mates of disappointing performances aft that saw the 24-year-old dropped to the bench, and helium hasn't featured for Enzo Maresca's broadside since the 2-1 decision to Liverpool connected October 20.

Admittedly, a cardinal crushed for Sancho's lack is the information that helium picked up a sound successful training, but O'Hara thinks his underwhelming signifier is simply a worrying sign. "Jadon Sancho’s been fixed an accidental astatine Chelsea to beryllium radical wrong, but it hasn’t happened yet," helium told Grosvenor Sport.

"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 then," O'Hara added. "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. It’s ever going to beryllium hard erstwhile there’s a large radical of attacking players successful the aforesaid squad, but I deliberation Enzo Maresca has worked retired that Sancho isn’t arsenic bully arsenic a batch of them."

O'Hara besides took purpose astatine Nkunku amid reports the Frenchman, 27, wants to leave Chelsea. After an injury-hit archetypal play successful westbound London, the ex-RB Leipzig guardant has been struggling for minutes successful the Premier League, with Maresca preferring Nicolas Jackson up front, Cole Palmer astatine No. 10, and the likes of Neto, Sancho and Madueke successful wide areas.

He has, however, been a regular successful some the Conference League and the EFL Cup, and is Chelsea's apical scorer this play with 10 goals successful 17 matches. But a deficiency of game-time successful Maresca's first-choice XI has near Nkunku unsettled, and it's understood a January power to Old Trafford could beryllium connected the cards.

New Red Devils brag Ruben Amorim is simply a longstanding admirer of Nkunku's and the nine whitethorn look to take afloat vantage of the existent situation by offering him regular archetypal squad football. That said, O'Hara thinks Chelsea would beryllium huffy to get escaped of Nkunku, who helium described arsenic a "top player", truthful readily. The ex-Tottenham prima besides urged the subordinate to halt "moaning" and absorption alternatively connected becoming a Chelsea regular.

"Chelsea should perfectly not beryllium selling Christopher Nkunku," helium said. "He’s a apical subordinate and they can’t beryllium getting escaped of him successful January. I don’t cognize what he’s moaning astir to beryllium honorable – I cognize he’s not playing week successful and week retired successful the Premier League, but that’s just play to the likes of Nicolas Jackson and Cole Palmer.

"Nkunku conscionable has to woody with it – helium was injured each of past play and has travel backmost this year, truthful helium needs to combat his mode backmost into the team. Chelsea are doing good and are successful a bully spot astatine the moment, truthful Nkunku conscionable needs to judge it and combat for his position.

"Big clubs request apical players successful each position, truthful I can’t spot Chelsea cashing successful connected him. Manchester City person apical players successful each country doubly over, truthful if Chelsea privation to get to that benignant of level, past worldly similar this is conscionable portion and parcel of being successful."

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