Enzo Maresca and Renato Veiga of Chelsea (Picture by Michael Regan, Ryan Pierse/Getty Pictures)
Chelsea supervisor Enzo Maresca has fired a warning to Renato Veiga amid stories that he desires to go away Stamford Bridge as a result of he’s solely eager on taking part in as a centre-back.
The proficient 21-year-old joined Chelsea from FC Basel final summer time, and has proven some promise on the membership thus far, even when he’s not been a daily in Maresca’s beginning line up.
It now seems to be like Veiga may very well be in search of a speedy exit from Chelsea, with Fabrizio Romano reporting that he may very well be on his strategy to Borussia Dortmund because of his want to solely play centrally, quite than typically filling in at left-back.
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In the meantime, it appears Maresca himself has not taken too kindly to the tales, as he’s defended the job Chelsea have completed with Veiga.
See beneath as Ben Jacobs quotes Maresca as warning Veiga and different gamers that they’ve to have the ability to play a number of positions to assist the workforce…
Enzo Maresca hits again at Renato Veiga amid switch hypothesis
“I’m not conscious there’s any settlement [with Dortmund] for Renato,” Maresca mentioned.
“Yesterday, he was right here working with us. In the present day, he’s right here working with us. Then we’ll see if one thing occurs.
“We introduced Renato from Basel and he’s performed effectively in numerous positions. This has allowed him to affix the [Portugal] nationwide workforce for the primary time in his life.
“Even when he’s not taking part in in his [preferred position], he’s taking part in for his nationwide workforce in his early 20s since becoming a member of Chelsea. We’re very proud about that.”
He added: “I had a chat with Renato. I instructed him taking part in within the place he’s taking part in with us, it’s given him the prospect to affix the nationwide workforce and created hypothesis round him, which solely occurs while you’re taking part in effectively.
“If there’s a participant that desires to play in only one place, they’re going to battle. They need to be taught to play in numerous positions as a result of it’s an excellent factor for the participant and the membership.”
Will probably be attention-grabbing to see if Maresca’s intervention right here has the specified impact and persuades Veiga to remain and adapt to taking part in completely different roles, or if this finally ends up being a dig on the participant on his means out of the membership.
