Enzo Maresca wants teenagers Marc Guiu, Tyrique George and Josh Acheampong to STAY at Chelsea in January rather than go out on loan
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Enzo Maresca wants Chelsea’s hat-trick hero Marc Guiu, along with Tyrique George and Josh Acheampong, to stay in January rather than sending the 18-year-old trio away on loan. While it is acknowledged they could guarantee more regular minutes if they left, Maresca has told his club it would be better for their progress if they stayed with him.
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All three teenagers started in Thursday’s 5-1 Conference League win over Shamrock Rovers at Stamford Bridge, with Guiu, a £5million summer signing from Barcelona, securing himself the match ball with an impressive first-half hat-trick. Chelsea take on Everton at Goodison Park in the Premier League next and Maresca said: 'With young players like Marc, like Josh, like Tyrique, for me, the best thing for them is to be with us because they can understand every day the way we want to play.
‘They can grow, we can teach them how we want them to play. It's better if they stay with us. But then it depends on the desire of the players. If Marc’s desire is to get more minutes and to play more, then we will sit with him and we will decide to together.’.
Meanwhile, Reece James returned to Chelsea's first-team training on Friday, though did not participate in the full session at Cobham. He is being built back up after his latest hamstring issue, and a return to competitive football could follow in January.
