100% “a player there” – Former Chelsea No.9 backs under fire current Blue to come good | OneFootball

A former Chelsea player who wore the No.9 shirt when he was at the club has backed a current under fire Blues player to come good.

The news comes after Chelsea played out a boring 0-0 draw against Brentford in the Premier League on Sunday afternoon in what was another underwhelming performance.

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Enzo Maresca frustrated Chelsea fans once again with a heavily rotated starting lineup in such an important game in the race for Champions League qualification, and then he annoyed them even more with some of the excuses he came out with after the game, even blaming the weather!

The Blues boss was also frustrated though, pointing out the fact that his attackers are currently not doing enough and has called for more goals from them all.

Maresca and his players must keep going now and onto the next game later this week in the Conference League as they look to try and win some silverware this season.

It’s always nice to hear from former players, even if one of them was the strangest No.9 the club ever had! Yes, Steve Sidwell wore the 9 shirt when he was at Chelsea! He and former Chelsea left back Wayne Bridge have been speaking about Jadon Sancho this week.

Sancho to come good?

Enzo Maresca and Jadon Sancho at full time against Everton. (Photo by Lewis Storey/Getty Images)

When discussing Sancho on The Dressing Room Podcast, Sidwell said: “I need to see more of him. He’s not doing enough for me. I just thought, ‘What a great platform to come in and play’…

“I watched him the other night against Spurs, and he’s trying to make things happen, but it’s just not coming off. Is he trying too much? The crowd were getting on his back a little bit as well. There’s 100 per cent a player there, but it needs to come out somewhere. I don’t know whether it’ll be at Chelsea or not.”

Afterwards, Wayne Bridge agreed in the podcast that he’s noticed Sancho become a target for the Chelsea boo boys.

He said: “It’s hard because you’re looking for something a bit individual. We’ve talked about Chelsea; they haven’t been on fire as a team. It’s difficult as well. If you’re that type of player, he’s got to make something happen, I think. If you look at some of the wingers out there at the moment just making things happen. The fans are on his case. Is that affecting him a bit mentally?”

Quotes and info via The Chelsea Chronicle.