"My father is 75 years old and for 50 years he has been a fisherman, working from two o'clock in the morning to 10 o'clock in the morning, Maresca said. This is sad in life not a player and the way that they work. I've been in Raheem's situation and Axel's situation as a player and for sure I know that it's not the best feeling for a player because you want to train and play and then, for a different reason, the situation is the situation."
"I know that the club is giving them the opportunity to work in the right way and this is the only thing I can say. It's not just Chelsea, it's any club in the world, I can promise you. Italy, Spain, England, France, USA, Brazil, any club in the world when, for any reason, the player and the club doesn't find any solution and you give the player all the tools to do training sessions and do everything. But if you are not involved in the squad, you are not involved in the squad."
Raheem Sterling and Axel Disasi were placed in an isolated training group after failing to secure summer transfers, barred from first-team facilities and given separate pitches, dressing rooms and dining areas. Sterling trained at 8pm, prompting a Professional Footballers' Association intervention and negotiated lunchtime sessions with the under-21s. Manager Enzo Maresca referenced his father's decades as a night-shift fisherman to argue that the players are receiving appropriate training opportunities despite being out of the squad. Maresca emphasized that exclusion from the squad can occur at any club and that provided training tools do not change squad selection status.
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