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Chelsea fans tell Enzo Maresca ‘world class’ player who is out on loan must be a key first-team player next season

Jamie Brown

Mon 3 March 2025 9:15, UK

Chelsea fans have been reacting to the performance of one of their top loan players and have called for Enzo Maresca to make him a key player next season.

Chelsea are going through a tough period right now having won just four times across their last 13 matches under Enzo Maresca.

The Blues did bounce back with a 4-0 win over Southampton last week, however, there are several teams now closing in on them with Aston Villa just four points ಌbehind in tenth.

The West London club will k🌠now that next summer they will need to significantly strengthen their squad▨ again, but supporters think one of their loan players could resolve a key area.

Djordje Petrovic keeps fourth clean sheet in a row

Djordje Petrovic made it fourꦉ clean sheets in a row after helping Strasbourg to defeat Auxerre 1-0, producing one of his best performances in France.

🦋The goalkeeper kept a clean sheet, made five saves, two sweeper keep🐈er actions and two high claims to keep the hosts at bay

The 25-year-old looks to have also improved quite considerably with his ability onඣ the 🐓ball as he had 72 touches and completed 43 passes.

Petrovic is quickly proving that he could be ready to take the number one jersey at Stamford Bridge next season, especially with the recent performances of Robert Sanchez and Filip Jorgensen.

Chelsea fans impressed by Djordje Petrovic’s performances for Strasbourg

Chཧelsea fans have been keeping a close eye on Petrovic’s performances out in France and a🧜re keen for the goalkeeper to be given his chance next season.

Petrovic, dubbed ‘wo🐎rld class’ by Strasbourg manager L𝔉iam Rosenior, looks more than ready to become a key part of Maresca’s squad next s⛦eason💯.

The Serbian goalkeeper has shown many♍ promising signs with his shot stopping and ball playing ability having really improved at Strasbourg.

However, TBR Football understands that Chelsea have set their sights on Bart Verbruggen from Brighton, which suggests Maresca is still n💫ot convinced by Petrovic.

But now, following his latest clean sheet out on loan in Fওrance, Chelsea fans have taken to X to call for the l🌺oanee to be given first-team chances next season.

One Chelsea fan claimed: “Djordje Petrovic needs another chance at Chelsea next season.🥀 He is be💃coming the real deal in France.”

“Djorde Petrovic is doing well on loan, I just don’t understand why we didn’t keep him,” ad⭕ded another supporter.

There was yet more praise for Petrovic: “Another world-cওlass performance by Djorde Petrovic. H😼e keeps getting better every week.”

Final🍬ly, another supporter stated: “Andrey Santos and Djordje Petrovic must be first team players for Chelsea next season. This is one part of the model I like, Strasbourg and ⛄other clubs are used to develop our players.”