Insider: Chelsea tell first and second choice in key position they can both leave | OneFootball

Chelsea’s goalkeeper situation is something of a mess right now.

The incumbent is Robert Sanchez – but he’s not trusted by anyone, and has been dropped from the first time 3 times in three seasons, at two different clubs.

The alternate is Djordje Petrovic. He had a great season on loan with Strasbourg, and was assumed to be coming back to take the number one shirt. But he’s been left out of the first team group travelling to the Club World Cup.

Filip Jorgensen didn’t impress when given first team chances this season, and Mike Penders is too young. Meanwhile an attempt to sign Mike Maignan from AC Milan failed this week.

Are we really to believe the briefs that the club are happy with Sanchez as starter? Not according to Graeme Bailey. He told the Chelsea Chronicle that he thought it was all a smoke screen.

Sanchez and Petrovic both told they can leave – despite the briefs

Robert Sanchez and Djordje Petrovic in a montage.

“This talk of Chelsea having full faith in their five goalkeepers, because we can throw Kepa into this as well, [isn’t true]. There really is no faith from Enzo Maresca in this at all. Of those five, Enzo Maresca doesn’t want any of them. Robert Sanchez has been told he can leave.

“Djordje Petrovic has been told he can leave and there’s interest from Nice. There’s quite a bit of interest in France in him. No shock given the season he just had.”

More sources needed to confirm surprise story

We can totally believe that is true – we just wish we could get it confirmed by one of the major transfer insiders. But nobody would be surprised if it’s true that the club have concluded that neither Sanchez nor Petrovic are considered the elite player in goal we need to advance as a team.