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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
David Hytner

Maresca tells exiled Sterling and Disasi: real hardship is being a fisherman like my father

Enzo Maresca and his father, Pasquale.
Enzo Maresca says his father, Pasquale, worked through the night as a fisherman for 50 years. Photograph: Jonathan Moscrop/Getty Images

Enzo Maresca has told his exiled Chelsea players, Raheem Sterling and Axel Disasi, that they should try working through the night as a fisherman – like his father – if they want to understand real hardship.

Sterling and Disasi have been cast into a two-man bomb squad by the club after failing to secure transfers away over the summer. They have been told they cannot use the first-team facilities, which has meant training on a different pitch, changing in a different dressing room and eating in a different area.

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