Sections of the Chelsea support have lost patience with Sanchez, leading Maresca to urge the Stamford Bridge crowd to get behind whoever he chooses on Monday night. He did admit, however, that taking a struggling player out of the firing line could prove a wise course of action.

Chelsea head coach Enzo Maresca said goalkeeper Robert Sanchez cannot “make a mistake every game” and expect to keep his place as he hinted he could turn to understudy Filip Jorgensen for Monday’s game against West Ham.

Maresca has continued to give his public backing to our anointed man between the sticks, but surely not even he can continue to trot him out there right now in actual good faith.

Enzo Maresca has ruled out recalling Kepa Arrizabalaga, who is on loan at Bournemouth, but admitted that Chelsea No.1 Robert Sanchez could be dropped.

Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca is yet to make up his mind over the team's goalkeeper for the upcoming Premier League match against West Ham. Despite having backed first-choice keeper Robert Sanchez, Mareska is now contemplating a change. This comes after Sanchez's five high-profile errors this season, which have directly led to goals.

The 29-year-old is also France's first-choice goalkeeper, having replaced World Cup-winning captain Hugo Lloris, who retired after Les Bleus' World Cup final defeat to Argentina. Maignan is now the country's vice-captain and was named in the Euro 2024 team of the tournament last summer.

Enzo Maresca is going to leave it late before deciding whether to start Robert Sanchez in goal in Chelsea’s game against West Ham on Monday night. Sanchez, 27, has been first-choice keeper since Maresca took charge in the summer but has become a target of abuse from the club’s fans after making several high-profile mistakes.

Sanchez was between the sticks last time out as Chelsea were beaten 3-1 by Manchester City and there have been growing calls from Blues fans to see him dropped for summer signing