Maresca’s comments come amid reports that Chelsea are closing in on a deal to sign highly-rated Villarreal goalkeeper Filip Jorgensen ahead of the new season.
The west Londoners have already lodged an opening offer for Jorgensen, 22, and it means that Sanchez’s future at Stamford Bridge is now looking up in the air.
Sanchez insists he’s ‘the right guy’ for the style of play Maresca plans to implement at Chelsea and wishes to fight Jorgensen for the No.1 spot.
Maresca has now decided to respond and fire his own message to Sanchez, 26, who only joined the Blues last year from Brighton.
‘What I can say is Robert did very well tonight and did very well since we started,’ Maresca said after Chelsea’s 2-2 pre-season draw against Wrexham AFC.
‘For sure, the way we want to play, the goalkeeper is very, very important – one of the main positions.
‘And I don’t want to talk about players that are not Chelsea players but I am very happy with Robert.
‘In this moment we have four goalkeepers. (Djordje) Petrovic is still with us but injured. We will see with the timing.
‘When the transfer window is open, anything can happen for us and for the rest.’
Lesley Ugochukwu got on the scoresheet for Chelsea against Wrexham and was quizzed afterwards about what life has been like under new head coach Maresca.
‘He came with very good ideas,’ Ugochukwu said. ‘We are still learning about how he wants us to play. Everyone is putting in effort to do what he wants us to do and that is what we tried to do [against Wrexham].
‘He wants me, first of all, to be calm with the ball and to try to go forward, then trust the process and not rush it.’
