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Enzo Maresca has not held again in his evaluation of Reece James following the defender’s latest return from harm.
The 24-year-old made his long-awaited return towards Liverpool final weekend after being dominated out for almost all of final season.
Thrown straight into the deep finish and requested to start out towards Arne Slot’s Reds six days in the past, James was clearly off the tempo and appeared a shadow of the participant as soon as tipped to turn into England’s first-choice right-back.
Enzo Maresca slams Reece James for ‘lack of management’
And talking forward of Sunday’s thrilling matchup towards Newcastle United, Maresca didn’t mince his phrases when discussing James’ first efficiency again.
“I anticipated from him extra by way of management, contained in the altering room,” the Italian advised reporters.
“He’s on the way in which, he’s doing properly, he’s progressing however from Reece I anticipated extra additionally by way of management.
“For me, as a result of you’re the captain, it’s important to give greater than the remainder. Generally, ‘OK, I’m the captain, I may give much less’. No. He’s one of many captains and I anticipated from him, and his team-mates anticipated from him, to provide all the time extra by way of management.”
Step up or danger shedding captain’s armband
Occurring to check James’ psychological attributes to the remainder of the Chelsea squad, Maresca feels the Blues lack a ‘correct chief’ — probably dangerous information for James, who was named membership captain by Mauricio Pochettino earlier than the beginning of final season.
“He understands we anticipated extra from him,” the supervisor added.
“He’s one among our guys from the academy however this is without doubt one of the the explanation why he has to point out extra by way of character.
“Once you don’t have a correct chief, that you must construct that. I feel we don’t have a correct chief. Most likely Tosin [Adarabioyo] is without doubt one of the guys that’s. The remaining, we have to construct them.
“Reece is there, he’s on the way in which however he’s not there. He must make an effort in that one. Levi [Colwill] most likely initially of the season was not a frontrunner however now you possibly can see that he is without doubt one of the guys that’s all the time talking. We have to construct that.”
Maresca’s latest feedback are unlikely to go down properly with the Chelsea defender and can gas hypothesis over his future on the membership.
Barcelona and Benfica have already been linked with shock approaches with the previous particuarly gentle in James’ place with Jules Kounde the aspect’s solely senior recognised right-back.