‘The little winger?’ – Graeme Souness ‘not convinced’ by Chelsea summer signing Jadon Sancho

Graeme Souness admits helium is ‘not convinced’ by Chelsea summertime signing Jadon Sancho.

Sancho’s miserable three-year spell astatine Manchester United came to an extremity past summertime erstwhile helium joined Chelsea connected a season-long loan.

The woody includes an work for Chelsea to motion the 24-year-old permanently for betwixt £20-25m adjacent summer.

Sancho outgo United £73m successful 2021 and the Red Devils had precocious hopes for a subordinate who thrived astatine Borussia Dortmund and had begun to diagnostic regularly for England.

But the winger’s diminution was specified that helium was loaned backmost to Dortmund past season pursuing a nationalist spat with Old Trafford brag Erik 10 Hag.

Sancho has shown glimpses of his imaginable astatine Manchester United’s rivals Chelsea but is yet to unfastened his relationship for his caller nine successful 5 appearances.

He started for the Blues successful their 2-1 decision to Liverpool past weekend but was subbed disconnected by Enzo Maresca astatine half-time.

It was suggested to Souness that Sancho was removed aft being ‘seen off’ by Trent Alexander-Arnold but the pundit believes that would beryllium giving the Anfield prima excessively overmuch credit.

‘When Arne Slot archetypal took over, I couldn’t spot immoderate quality successful the mode Liverpool were playing,’ Souness said connected the Three Up Front podcast with William Hill.

‘Now I deliberation they look to driblet disconnected a spot much and they mightiness beryllium a spot much diligent successful the build-up. But person they convinced maine yet? No. I look astatine Arsenal and Manchester City and think, close now, they’re some inactive up of Liverpool.

‘Slot has made a fantastic commencement and I deliberation his absorption volition beryllium enjoyed by the players. But we indispensable retrieve that they’re winning games astatine the moment.

‘His problems volition commencement erstwhile they commencement to suffer a fewer games and I warrant that, sooner alternatively than later, you volition spot a precise antithetic Arne Slot.

‘He closed retired the crippled against Chelsea and it was little exciting, which is not the Liverpool way.

‘But arsenic agelong arsenic you’re winning portion you bash that, you’ll get plaudits. When you don’t win, that’s erstwhile radical commencement saying “that’s not the Liverpool way”, and each the different clichés volition beryllium trotted out.

‘The mode they play is not arsenic Rock and Roll arsenic it was nether Jurgen Klopp. When you look backmost done the past of Liverpool, the fans privation to spot their squad connected the beforehand foot.

‘He takes disconnected Trent Alexander-Arnold and puts a amended defender connected successful [Joe] Gomez.’

Journalist Henry Winter past said: ‘It worked. Gomez was good. Trent Alexander-Arnold had already seen off…’

But earlier Winter was capable to notation Sancho, Souness interjected and said: ‘Trent hadn’t seen disconnected the small winger from Dortmund… He sees himself off. I’m not convinced astir Sancho.’

While Souness has doubts implicit Sancho’s quality astatine the apical level, his existent manager Maresca described him arsenic a ‘special’ endowment past week.

‘Jadon is doing well,’ Maresca said astatine a property league earlier taking his Chelsea squad to Anfield. ‘He needs to proceed successful the aforesaid way; enactment hard, each day.

‘As I’ve said before, for definite helium is going to assistance us. We truly judge that helium is simply a peculiar player.

‘But the lone mode for him to corroborate that is by moving hard each time and ne'er beryllium blessed and ever beryllium ambitious. He needs to privation much and much and more.’

Chelsea thumped Panathinaikos 4-1 successful the Europa Conference League connected Thursday night but Sancho was an unused substitute successful Greece.

The Blues instrumentality to Premier League enactment connected Sunday against Newcastle United, who person gone 4 games without a triumph nether Eddie Howe.

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