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Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca believes that the club have a ‘special player’ on their hands in Jadon Sancho, but the Manchester United loanee needs to keep working hard to show that.
Sancho left Old Trafford to join Chelsea on a season-long loan at the end of the summer transfer window.
The deal includes an obligation for the Blues to sign him next summer for a fee of £20-25 million. He moved to Chelsea after returning to United from a six-month loan spell at Borussia Dortmund at the end of last season.
So far this season, Sancho has played four times, providing three assists. He has started three of the last four Premier League games for Chelsea.
The 24-year-old is expected to be back in action again when the Blues take on Liverpool at Anfield on Sunday afternoon. Ahead of that game, Maresca has given his verdict on the player so far and sent him advice.
“Jadon is doing well,” he said in his pre-match press conference. “The only thing he has to do is continue in the same way; work hard every day and as I said many times, for sure he is going to help us because we really believe he is a special player but the only way to confirm that is to work every day hard and to never be happy, always be ambitious and want more and more.”
Sancho arrived at United for a £73 million fee from Borussia Dortmund in the summer of 2021. During his time at the club, he made 83 appearances, scoring 12 goals and providing six assists.
Last September saw Sancho and Erik ten Hag have somewhat of a public falling out. It occurred when the United manager claimed that the player didn’t train to the expected standard; that was then disputed by Sancho in a social media post and eventually led to Sancho leaving the club on loan to Dortmund the following January.
The winger will not be eligible for Chelsea when the Blues travel to Old Trafford at the start of next month. As part of a loan deal, players are not usually able to face their parent club while representing their loan club.
