Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca has confirmed his decision on the club’s main goalkeeper for the team’s forthcoming games on Thursday.
Maresca in the past few weeks has been forced to answer questions on his goalkeeping department. The form of Robert Sanchez in the past few weeks has raised concerns with the Spaniard guilty of some costly mistakes.
During January games, Sanchez was slammed for his unconfident performance on target, mainly after he was at fault for Manchester City’s second goal in Chelsea’s 3-1 defeat at the Etihad Stadium.
With fans calling on second goalkeeper Filip Jorgensen to be given a chance, Maresca has finally revealed his decision to put the Dane goalkeeper as an undisputed starter to allow the Spaniard to recover both mentally and physically.
Filip Jorgensen in action during the Premier League match between Chelsea FC and West Ham United FC at Stamford Bridge (Photo by Chris Brunskill/Fantasista/Getty Images)
He said: ‘I said that the Filip solution (against West Ham) was also to give Robert some time to recover mentally and physically ‘But the idea is not to game-by-game change the keeper.
In this moment, the last Premier League game against West Ham that we won was Filip… the FA Cup game was Robert, but our keeper in this moment is Filip.’ .
‘I spoke with Robert a few days before West Ham where I took the decision to play Filip. I never spoke again with Robert. Filip, exactly the same,’ added the Portuguese manager.
‘They know the situation. This is the situation now and then we will see.’
Jorgensen, 22, was signed from Spanish side Villarreal in the summer of 2024 for a fee of £20.7million.
Seen as an ideal candidate for Maresca’s style of play, Jorgensen has made just three appearances and conceded four goals in the Premier League this season.
However, the Dane was the main goalkeeper in Chelsea’s path to the Conference League round of 16, featuring in all eight games of the group stage. He is now expected to play in the Premier League with Sanchez expected to replace him in the Conference League.
