Jadon Sancho’s Attitude in Chelsea training speaks volumes after being told ‘he can’t stay’ ahead of Man United reunion -Reports

Jadon Sancho’s Attitude in Chelsea training speaks volumes after being told ‘he can’t stay’ ahead of Man United reunion -Reports

Chelsea are expected to turn Jadon Sancho’s loan from Manchester United into a permanent summer swoop but the winger has found things tough since the turn of the year

Former Chelsea star William Gallas argued Sancho “can’t stay” at Stamford Bridge. He suggested the Blues saw the Borussia Dortmund version of Sancho early on before his output fell away, arguing a starting winger at a club competing for Champions League football needs to do more.

Sancho started against Arsenal on Sunday, but neither he nor his team-mates was able to trouble David Raya during a 1-0 defeat. It has emerged that Enzo Maresca’s side can pay Manchester United a fee to get out of their £25million obligation to buy, and Gallas believes that might be the best move.

“Very happy, very happy for him. He was very good,” Maresca said in September when discussing Sancho. “I have a feeling that Jadon is a guy that needs love. This is what I thought when I spoke with him before he joined us.

“Also I know he has the desire to show the player he is, but for me, it is just to enjoy football. This is the reason why they play.”

Gallas isn’t the only one to question Sancho’s future. John Obi Mikel, a Premier League and Champions League winner with the Blues, has been left frustrated in part due to the quality the winger showed before those big performances dried up

“Jadon Sancho, he’s come on, and he’s deceived us with a couple of games,” Mikel said on his Obi One podcast in February. “We thought, ‘Oh, f*****g hell, now we’re getting the Jadon Sancho from Dortmund.’ But he’s gone again. I don’t know what’s happened to Jadon. He’s disappeared. Off the grid. He takes the ball. He doesn’t go past people any more. He doesn’t create chances anymore. He doesn’t help the team as much as he should be

Sancho has started the last two league games, but that could change after the international break. Noni Madueke, Cole Palmer and Nicolas Jackson are all in contention to return, with Maresca talking up the trio after Sunday’s defeat.

“It makes a huge difference. The three players with the most goals for us were not on the pitch today,” he said. “It’s normal offensively we can struggle a little bit, even if until today we are the third best attack in the league.

“That means in any case we are doing well without those players, but we can do better with the players who are injured at this moment.”