Ian Maatsen, the Chelsea loanee, is currently playing for Borussia Dortmund in the semi-finals Champions League with PSG, and all Chelsea fans on social networks are saying the same thing: why are we trying to sell him?
It’s not an unusual incident . He has been excellent since joining Dortmund in January.
He couldn’t come on for a Chelsea team struggling in mid-table, but he looked one of the better players in a match that included Kylian Mbappé and others.
Ian Maatsen is an excellent player
After all these years working in the academy and on loan, Maatsen still hasn’t had a fair chance.
And if Fabrizio Romano and the others are to be believed, he still won’t get one. The plan is to sell him this summer and with the way he’s been treated, we wouldn’t be surprised if he doesn’t want to come back.
A big mistake – or two > br >We’ve been through all of this before, but the fact that he played in a match of this caliber tonight really makes it stand out.
I’m disappointed that Ian Maatsen hasn’t never got away with that at LB at Chelsea.
It was frustrating when we built a team full of promise, then sacked Lewis Hall and Ian Maatsen and kept what we had kept .
He showed great ability on loan last season. Then he did really well in pre-season.
We went through a whole period of the season where we not only had a first-choice left-back but also a second-choice left-back injured. However, Maatsen did not even see the action.
Maatsen I saw the vision
Forget blaming the sporting directors (who accepted the offer from Burnley for him in August), Mauricio Pochettino had to try hard not to see the potential there, staring him in the face.
Yes, it’s possible that the formation should have been altered to accommodate Maatsen’s size – but don’t tell us he’s a more flawed defensive player than Marc Cucurella.
