Enzo Maresca has warned Chelsea players who have been dropped from their first-team squad that they will not see any minutes this season if they choose to stay at Stamford Bridge.
Raheem Sterling is the main name in an exile group that also includes Ben Chilwell, Trevoh Chalobah, Romelu Lukaku and a number of other players for whom Chelsea are trying to find permanent or temporary deals. transfers.
Sterling has been heavily linked with a move to Manchester United in a deal that could bring Jadon Sancho to Stamford Bridge, although there is plenty of work to be done before Friday’s transfer deadline.
Asked if he had any advice for Sterling after his relegation shock, Maresca said: “My advice: he knows exactly what to do. He doesn’t need my advice.
“I prefer to be honest with the player, with Raheem, I have been exactly the same. Those who are not involved, they are all players who will not be involved and have no minutes in case they do. Stay.
“I don’t know what happens, when the window closes. We’ll see who’s here and who’s not. The only thing I can say is that those who will get minutes are those who I think can help us. .
“It’s not just Raheem. It’s all the players who are training separately at the moment. The moment the transfer window closes, they won’t get minutes. I’ve already been clear with them and honest and that’s the only reason. why.”
Chelsea have been working to reduce the size of their unwanted pool. Kepa Arrizabalaga has joined Bournemouth on loanwhile fellow goalkeeper Djordje Petrovic has done so he agreed to join Strasbourg, brother of the Blues in France
Romelu Lukaku is in Italy for a medical ahead of a permanent switch to Napoli.
