Jadon Sancho has had a good start to life at Chelsea, following his summer transfer move from Manchester United.
The 24-year-old talented winger has shown signs that he’s good enough to play for Chelsea, and is already a regular starter for the Blues.
However, former Chelsea striker Tony Cascarino has said Sancho is ‘far too easy to play against’ and should be dropped from starting games.
Tony Cascarino was underwhelmed by his performance after watching him live at Stamford Bridge, in the 1-1 draw with Nottingham Forest, as he couldn’t get the better of Ola Aina.
“I went to Stamford Bridge to focus only on Jadon Sancho and he wasn’t bad at all,” Cascarino told The Times.
“There were no big mistakes, everything was neat and tidy, he played short passes that were accurate. There was nothing to complain about, or that a pundit could pull apart in analysis on television.
“But he’s playing for Chelsea: this is a club that has high expectations of players, especially attacking ones. Being OK, which is what he was, is a problem.
“The truth is that he made it easy for Nottingham Forest’s right back Ola Aina to play against him.
“There is no question Sancho is a good player, and his touch is almost always really sound, but he plays such a conservative game.
He never got into a physical battle with Aina and never tried to take him on. Sancho is not slow but he doesn’t have that burst of acceleration to get at defenders.’
Cascarino however believes Noni Madueke fared better with his direct play, and made it difficult for the opposition.
“It was such a contrast to Noni Madueke on the other wing: he was going at his full back all game, and it always felt like a battle for Forest to contain him,” Cascarino went on.
“Madueke is way more direct than Sancho, he gets to the byline and always looks to take on his defender.
“Ultimately that’s how most wide players will be judged: how often can you beat your man and then what else can you do?
“Cristiano Ronaldo, Eden Hazard, Gareth Bale and the other best wingers of recent times at the biggest teams in the Premier League have always wanted to overwhelm the full back marking them, using power and speed to beat them physically.
“Sancho needs to get a bit stronger, and try to develop so that he can have a more significant change of pace.
“That will allow him to keep a defender guessing – at the moment, the full back knows there is very little chance of him trying to get to the byline.”
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