Enzo Maresca considers dropping Chelsea star for £21m signing
Enzo Maresca considers dropping Chelsea star for £21m signing
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Enzo Maresca is considering a shake-up of his Chelsea team as they continue to fall away in the Premier League. Chelsea defied expectations in the first-half of the season to emerge as surprise title challengers. At one stage it looked like Chelsea, who finished fifth last season, would be Liverpool’s biggest rival for the Premier League title, but a poor run since Christmas has seen the Blues slip to sixth.
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Chelsea drew 0-0 with Everton in mid-December before losing to Fulham and Ipswich Town at the end of 2024. Maresca’s side have only won one of their four league games in 2025 and were beaten 3-1 by Manchester City on Saturday to lose more ground on the top-four race.
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Chelsea led at the Etihad Stadium through Noni Madueke’s early goal but the visitors failed to take advantage of their ascendancy and were pegged back before half time by Josko Gvardiol’s equaliser. Erling Haaland then put Man City ahead on 68 minutes – chipping Robert Sanchez as the Chelsea goalkeeper bizarrely rushed off his line – before Phil Foden put the game to bed late on.
Sanchez’s error was his fifth of the season that has led directly to a goal – the most by a Premier League goalkeeper. Maresca has repeatedly defended Sanchez, who completed a £25m move from Brighton in 2023, but is now considering taking him out of the firing line for Chelsea’s next match.
