{"id":827884,"date":"2025-02-18T10:11:59","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T16:11:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/18\/hes-disappeared-former-super-eagles-captain-blasts-chelseas-jadon-sancho\/"},"modified":"2025-02-18T10:11:59","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T16:11:59","slug":"hes-disappeared-former-super-eagles-captain-blasts-chelseas-jadon-sancho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/18\/hes-disappeared-former-super-eagles-captain-blasts-chelseas-jadon-sancho\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cHe\u2019s disappeared\u201d \u2013 Former Super Eagles captain blasts Chelsea\u2019s Jadon Sancho"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer <\/p>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\">\n<p><strong>Former Super Eagles captain, John Mikel Obi, has blasted the Chelsea board for the recruitment process that led to the signature of Jadon Sancho and Noni Madueke, <a href=\"https:\/\/Soccernet.ng\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Soccernet.ng<\/a> reports.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old Englishman joined the Blues after a fairly decent loan spell with 2024 UEFA Champions League finalists, Borussia Dortmund. Sancho joined Chelsea on a season-long loan with an option to buy included in the deal last summer.<\/p>\n<p>The fee is worth \u00a320m plus \u00a35m in performance-related add-ons and would be triggered if Chelsea finishes within the top 14 of the English top-flight league at the end of the season.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_150877\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-150877\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/02\/imago1058146787-1024x683.jpg\" alt width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-150877\">Jadon Sancho 19 of Chelsea lies down behind the defensive wall during the Premier League match between Manchester City and Chelsea at the Etihad Stadium, Manchester, England on 25 January 2025. [Photo Credit\/ Imago].<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><strong>Get Our Sports News First \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VagMHLcA89MZvw0Btc21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Join Our WhatsApp Channel Now!<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>However, the move hasn\u2019t panned out positively for both parties. Chelsea are struggling in attack, while Sancho has scored just two goals and six assists in 23 games across all competitions for Enzo Maresca\u2019s side.<\/p>\n<p>Following Chelsea\u2019s 3-0 loss to <a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/02\/chelsea-tyrique-george.html\">Brighton and Hove Albion<\/a>, Sancho\u2019s performance made <a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/02\/manchester-united-psg-osimhen.html\">Mikel<\/a> livid, revealing the Manchester City Academy graduate is yet to justify his wages at Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_150879\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-150879\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/02\/imago1058845780-1024x680.jpg\" alt width=\"1024\" height=\"680\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-150879\">14th February 2025. Jadon Sancho of Chelsea reacts after Yankuba Minteh of Brighton and Hove Albion not pictured scores to make it 3-0 during the match at the AMEX Stadium. [Photo Credit\/ Imago].<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cJadon Sancho, he\u2019s come on, and he\u2019s deceived us with a couple of games. We thought, \u2018Oh, f*****g hell, now we\u2019re getting the Jadon Sancho from Dortmund, but he\u2019s gone again. I don\u2019t know what\u2019s happened to Jadon. He\u2019s disappeared.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOff the grid. He takes the ball. He doesn\u2019t go past people any more. He doesn\u2019t create chances anymore. He doesn\u2019t help the team as much as he should be. And [Noni] Madueke is now injured as well,\u201d the 2012 UEFA Champions League winner said on the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/lxxugO-5CEk?si=10cp5_PsDORrd3Jp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Obi One Podcast<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_150869\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-150869\"><img title=\"Soccer\" alt=\"Soccer\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/02\/imago1057463843-1024x683.jpg\" alt width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-150869\">2024 \/ 2025 Emirates FA Cup \u2013 Round Three \u2013 Chelsea vs Morecombe \u2013 Stamford Bridge \u2013 Saturday 11th January 2025. Tosin Adarabioyo celebrates with Jadon Sancho after scoring his second goal. [Photo Credit\/ Imago].<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sancho has recorded just one assist from his last 12 appearances across all competitions, highlighting his poor form.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Chelsea are now 6th on the English Premier League table, 17 points behind league leaders, Liverpool. They have just one win from their last four games.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/02\/super-eagles-chelsea-jadon-sancho.html\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>Adefolahan Guerreiro<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer Former Super Eagles captain, John Mikel Obi, has blasted the Chelsea board for the recruitment process that led to the signature of Jadon Sancho and Noni Madueke, Soccernet.ng reports. The 24-year-old Englishman joined the Blues after a fairly decent loan spell with 2024 UEFA Champions League finalists, Borussia Dortmund. 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