Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca has confirmed he plans to rotate goalkeepers Filip Jorgensen and Robert Sanchez this season.
Sanchez started Chelsea’s opening Premier League game of the season against Manchester City, but Jorgensen was given the nod for Thursday’s Europa Conference League play-off first leg with Servette.
And asked if the plan this season was for Sanchez to play Premier League games and Jorgensen to get domestic cup and European matches, Maresca said: “This is, in this moment, the plan.
“But the plan can change because I said many times, I judge the players about the level.
“So, if the level continues to be the same, probably Robert [will be in goal] when we play Premier League and Filip in the Conference League or the cups that we have. But at the end it is just about performances.”
Jorgensen, who kept a clean sheet on Thursday on his Chelsea debut, could take Sanchez’s place if he performs well and Maresca confirmed that is the case throughout the whole team.
“Even if you probably don’t believe me, I judge and I take the first XI depending on how they work every day,” said Maresca. “For all of them, if they are bad in training sessions and they don’t train with intensity, they are not going to play.
“And if they don’t play Sunday in the Premier League, and think they are going to play Thursday, but if from Sunday to Thursday they don’t train well, they are not going to play in the Premier League and they are not going to play on Thursday - because Chelsea is a demanding club.
“You need to work hard, to fight until the end to get your place and give 100 per cent. If you think that I am going to give you a chance without working hard, forget about that.”
