Enzo Maresca fires warning to Robert Sanchez as Chelsea launch bid for new goalkeeper in summer transfer window

'Anything can happen...'

Jul 25, 2024 - 20:00

Enzo Maresca fires warning to Robert Sanchez as Chelsea launch bid for new goalkeeper in summer transfer window

Chelsea goalkeeper Robert Sanchez warms up prior to a pre-season friendly against Wrexham AFC — Robert Sanchez’s future at Chelsea looks very much up in the air (Picture: Getty)

Chelsea head coach Enzo Maresca has warned goalkeeper Robert Sanchez that ‘anything can happen’ while the summer transfer window stays open.

Maresca’s comments come amid reports that Chelsea are closing in on a deal to sign highly-rated Villarreal goalkeeper Filip Jorgensen ahead of the new season.

The west Londoners have already lodged an opening offer for Jorgensen, 22, and it means that Sanchez’s future at Stamford Bridge is now looking up in the air.

Sanchez insists he’s ‘the right guy’ for the style of play Maresca plans to implement at Chelsea and wishes to fight Jorgensen for the No.1 spot.

Maresca has now decided to respond and fire his own message to Sanchez, 26, who only joined the Blues last year from Brighton.

‘What I can say is Robert did very well tonight and did very well since we started,’ Maresca said after Chelsea’s 2-2 pre-season draw against Wrexham AFC.

‘For sure, the way we want to play, the goalkeeper is very, very important – one of the main positions.

Enzo Maresca coaches from the sidelines during the Pre-Season Friendly match between Chelsea FC and Wrexham — Enzo Maresca has replaced Mauricio Pochettino at Chelsea (Picture: Getty)

‘And I don’t want to talk about players that are not Chelsea players but I am very happy with Robert.

‘In this moment we have four goalkeepers. (Djordje) Petrovic is still with us but injured. We will see with the timing.

‘When the transfer window is open, anything can happen for us and for the rest.’

Jamie Carragher slams 'ridiculous' Chelsea owners

Jamie Carragher slammed Chelsea’s owners for their ‘ridiculous’ decision to get rid of Mauricio Pochettino, who has since been replaced by Enzo Maresca.

‘That was probably the biggest shock I had [last] season,’ Sky Sports football pundit and Liverpool legend Carragher exclusively told Metro.co.uk.

‘I could not believe it. It’s a ridiculous decision. But, it’s just another one on the long list of ridiculous decisions Chelsea have made.’

Lesley Ugochukwu got on the scoresheet for Chelsea against Wrexham and was quizzed afterwards about what life has been like under new head coach Maresca.

‘He came with very good ideas,’ Ugochukwu said. ‘We are still learning about how he wants us to play. Everyone is putting in effort to do what he wants us to do and that is what we tried to do [against Wrexham].

‘He wants me, first of all, to be calm with the ball and to try to go forward, then trust the process and not rush it.’