Marcus Bettinelli and Lucas Bergstrom are also part of the first-team squad at Chelsea, who loaned out Sanchez’s predecessor as No1, Petrovic, to sister club Strasbourg for the season last summer along with the likes of Caleb Wiley and Andrey Santos after he had made 31 appearances under former boss Mauricio Pochettino last term.

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.

Robert Sanchezs errors for Chelsea analysed and why the expected-goals data does not tell the true picture; Bilal El Khannouss shows his value to Ruud van Nistelrooy; Dean Huijsen already close to the

Chelsea are sticking by goalkeeper Robert Sanchez for the season, but targets are being looked at for the summer transfer window.

Chelsea goalkeeper Djordje Petrovic was described as ‘world class’ on the same day that Robert Sanchez’s struggles in between the posts continued. Sanchez’s position in Enzo Maresca’s side has come under increasing pressure in the last few weeks and the Spaniard did not help his cause with another error-strewn display as Chelsea lost 3-1 against

Chelsea goalkeeper Robert Sanchez retains the support of head coach Enzo Maresca as the club’s number one, but no guarantees have been offered over his long-ter

Chelsea got off to an ideal start. They capitalised on an error from the debuting Abdukodir Khusanov in the third minute, with Nicolas Jackson setting up Noni Madueke to put the visitors ahead. However, they were pegged back in the 42nd minute courtesy of a goal from Josko Gvardiol.

Enzo Maresca has said Chelsea continue to "trust" error-prone goalkeeper Robert Sánchez after his latest mistake in Saturday's 3-1 defeat to Manchester City.

Enzo Maresca insists he continues to ‘trust’ Robert Sanchez despite the goalkeeper’s mistake in Chelsea ’s 3-1 defeat to Manchester City on Saturday. Chelsea took an early lead as Nicolas Jackson capitalised on an error from City’s new £33.6 million signing Abdukodir Khusanov to give Noni Madueke a simple tap-in from close range.

Sanchez, even before his chief clanger, had had one let-off, fumbling a routine shot into the path of the lively Marmoush. The Egyptian scored and was flagged offside; had he left the rebound to Bernardo Silva, arriving from deeper, the goal would have stood.