Maurizio Sarri has been criticised for playing N’golo Kante in the wrong position and therefore, not getting the best out of him.
The French midfielder has been basically undroppable since he joined Chelsea 2 seasons ago.
But since Sarri arrived in London, Jorginho has been the one playing a sort of anchor role in midfield while Kante has played in a slightly more advanced position.
“Jorginho will not move from that position. He is Sarri’s man and he has built his system around him. Kante’s not moving because he’s signed a massive contract,” Jamie Carragher said on Sky Sports
“Jorginho has been excellent this season, and teams are having to change their system and style to counteract Jorginho, so that shows how good a player he is and how important he has been to Chelsea.
“Kante is a very average player in the position he’s playing in now. I just see a normal midfield player. When he plays here (in Jorginho’s role) I see someone who is world-class.
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“What do you do as a manager? For me, I don’t ever think this balance of the midfield looks right with Kovacic in there.
“It’s quite simple, and I’m not sure if Sarri is stuck on 4-3-3, but play them as a midfield two, and play Barkley or Willian in the No.10 role, so it’s more of a 4-2-3-1.”
Former Newcatle star, David Ginola echoed Carragher’s thoughts saying:”Kante in the French team plays right in the middle. When you have a quality player like Kante, you play him in the middle,”
“That is where he is best. For the French team he had a magnificent World Cup. We don’t talk much about N’Golo Kante because he’s very modest and very humble. I love him.
“If you take him away from the French team, it doesn’t look the same. This position in modern football is the key position. If I was a manager tomorrow my first thought would be ‘who is going to play this position?’.
“For me, Chelsea are wrong to play Kante in the position he is in. They are wrong. Kante in that position is not good.”