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Enzo Maresca intent on resisting interest in Chelsea defender Josh Acheampong

Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca talks with young defender Josh Acheampong
Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca brushes off suggestions that young defender Josh Acheampong could be on the move after the Club World Cup. Photograph: Chris Szagola/AP

Enzo Maresca has said that Chelsea have no intention of selling Josh Acheampong this summer. Several clubs in England and Europe are tracking the 19-year-old defender but it is understood that there is no plan for him to leave Stamford Bridge at the moment.

Sources close to Acheampong have privately said that suggestions that the youngster is frustrated at Chelsea are incorrect. Acheampong, who started at right-back in Chelsea’s win over Esperance in the Club World Cup last Tuesday, signed a new five-year contract last year and enjoyed a breakthrough campaign under Maresca last season.

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