Enzo Maresca names his first-choice goalkeeper at Chelsea

Chelsea's head coach, Enzo Maresca, has announced his first-choice goalkeeper as the Blues will be competing in the Premier League and the other cup competitions.

Enzo Maresca was speaking in a pre-match press conference ahead of the game against Wolves at the Molineux Stadium on Sunday, August 25, 2024. The Italian was asked if the plan this season was to play Robert Sanchez as the goalkeeper in Premier League games and Filip Jorgensen for domestic cups and European matches.

He said,

"This is, in this moment, the plan, but the plan can change because I said many times, I judge the players about the level. So, if the level continues to be the same, probably Robert [will be in goal] when we play Premier League and Filip in the Conference League or the cups that we have. But at the end it is just about performances.”

Enzo Maresca also spoke about no one having a permanent place in the squad, and that selection was based on performance in training.

"Even if you probably don’t believe me, I judge, and I take the first XI depending on how they work every day. For all of them, if they are bad in training sessions and they don’t train with intensity, they are not going to play. And if they don’t play Sunday in the Premier League, and think they are going to play Thursday, but if from Sunday to Thursday they don’t train well, they are not going to play in the Premier League and they are not going to play on Thursday - because Chelsea is a demanding club. You need to work hard, to fight until the end to get your place and give 100 per cent. If you think that I am going to give you a chance without working hard, forget about that.”

However most Chelsea fans, don't care about who Maresca decides to start on any match day, all they are interested in is getting more wins than draws or defeats.

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