“Out of my first team” – Enzo Maresca BANS Chelsea star from first team drop to reserve team
With the goal of getting his young players ready for a preseason tour of the United States, the new Chelsea manager has set to work.
Chelsea247 understands that after being spotted with the Chelsea reserves, goalie Kepa Arrizabalaga was exiled to the main team to practice.
According to a close source who spoke with Chelsea247, the Spaniard was actually playing with the reserves at the moment.
“Kepa is training not with the first team, but with the development squad.”
Since the Blues paid the exorbitant £71 million to acquire Kepa, it is safe to assume that things have not quite gone as planned.
The Spain international doesn’t seem to have much chance of forcing his way back into the Stamford Bridge plans, and he doesn’t even appear to want to.
According to rumors, he doesn’t intend to play for the Blues any time soon and would prefer that, given their success the previous season, his move to Madrid be permanent.
According to reports, Robert Sanchez is now expected to start against Manchester City in the season’s opening match.
This would mean that he gets off to a head start over Djorjde Petrovic, who, after securing his spot in his Premier League first season, probably did very little wrong.