Liam Rosenior names “the scary thing” about Robert Sanchez | OneFootball

Liam Rosenior is in the unique position of having a player under his management who he once played with. Robert Sanchez once lined up alongside him for the Brighton Under-23s as the young keeper was just starting his career and the veteran defender ending his.

Rosenior on his Rob Sanchez memories

Robert Sanchez in action for Chelsea. (Photo by Alex Pantling/Getty Images)

“I remember training with Rob and coaching him – we knew what his potential was,” Rosenior said in quotes picked up by the club’s official website.

“I said to him when I came in, I’m so proud of him, to be at this club, to see how his career has progressed, off the pitch as well. He’s got two children. I saw Rob when he was 17 years old; he was a kid, talking about when he passed his driving test, so to see his progression is great.

‘I’ve got a great connection with him. The scary thing with Rob is that I know how much he can improve as well. He’s already playing at a really high level.”

Sanchez will be starting today, hoping to shake off some recent errors and get back to the good form he had been showing this season before those incidents against Arsenal. There certainly is a lot of improvement still to come from him – some Chelsea fans will never be convinced, frankly.

In other news…

It’s been very quiet at Chelsea in terms of transfers, and in an interview yesterday with BBC Sport, Liam Rosenior made it pretty clear that nothing is imminent, despite his regular conversations with the sporting directors. The manager did point out that surprises are possible, however…

Chelsea’s team for today’s game is fascinating – 3 Premier League points are essential, but there’s a huge game next week against Napoli to come. We predicted Liam Rosenior’s choice in in our predicted XI here.