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Jadon Sancho coming to Chelsea was a transfer that a lot of Chelsea fans felt quite uncertain about from the moment it happened.

He’s been a famous flop for Manchester United, fortunate that fellow winger Anthony came along for an even bigger fee not long afterwards to distract from the disappointment. It felt like Chelsea were taking on another team’s problem. At first he did well, and it looked like we might be getting good value for a player on loan with a relatively cheap option to buy.

But while Enzo Maresca still seems to like him and trust him (and with Mykhailo Mudryk out suspended and Joao Felix loaned out, doesn’t have many other options), the fans are increasingly dissatisfied with Sancho’s goal and assist return.

Ask most Blues fans heading to the Emirates today and we’re sure they’ll tell you they’d rather see Tyrique George on the wing than Sancho.

Chelsea fans must stop dreaming of loan termination

Enzo Maresca and Jadon Sancho at full time against Everton. (Photo by Lewis Storey/Getty Images)

All of this growing sense that Sancho is the same “mid” player we always suspected he was has raised the intensity of some rather wishful thinking that we might not convert his loan into a permanent deal. The man to go to for information on this front is Ben Jacobs, who’s well connected at Chelsea.

His article for GiveMeSport says that Sancho is “expected to stay at Chelsea,” with “all parties happy with the deal.”

There is a clause that would allow us to pay a penalty to break the purchase agreement, and it’s one that many fans would happily see us pay. But the reality is that that’s not how the sporting directors see it, and the sooner we accept Sancho is sticking around the better.

The arrival of Estevao Willian this summer adds a fresh new element to all this too.