Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca has laughed off criticism from Wayne Rooney after the Manchester United legend challenged the Italian over his squad rotation.
A much-changed side were held to a 2–2 draw with Qarabağ in the Champions League midweek, leading Rooney to take aim at Maresca’s policy of rotating his players— he pointed to a handful of underwhelming results in a surprisingly harsh criticism of the Blues boss.
“The players want to play, they want to build relationships,” he said on “When you keep chopping and changing then the players won’t be happy. I think that will come back to bite them.
“If they are getting results all the time then you can’t question it but if they’re not, there has to be questions asked.
“I think most clubs now have a leadership group and as a group you have to go and question the manager. You hear people talk about ‘player power’ but this isn’t player power. “I’d be concerned if the team kept changing. If i was in that [leadership] group I’d be speaking to my teammates saying, ‘Look, I’m not happy with this.’”
