Josh Acheampong staying at Chelsea in January

Enzo Maresca has opened up and revealed that he believes Josh Acheampong will stay at CHELSEA during the January window after the young full-back officially agreed a new contract to stay at Stamford Bridge for the foreseeable future.

Acheampong is one of the most highly-rated young players that Chelsea have on that academy and one of the players that many believe can go on to become a regular player for the club in the coming seasons.

A full debut arrived last week as Acheampong started in our Europa Conference League victory over Astana in Kazakhstan, and the Academy graduate was on the bench again versus Brentford on Sunday.

But there has been alot of speculation in the media that he is one player that could actually be loaned out in order to get that game time, but Maresca was asked if he would like to see Acheampong head out on loan in January to gain more first team experience but the head coach is keen to keep working with the defender on a daily basis.

‘My opinion is he has to stay close to us. So as much as we can keep him here, that is much better for me,’ he said.

Maresca also said everyone at CHELSEA believes Acheampong has the potential to become a great player for the Blues – he said: ‘I am very, very happy. With Josh it has been quite clear, we had him in pre-season and I didn’t know him personally but within two or three days, he really impressed me.

‘Since pre-season I have been trying to better understand the situation with him because of his contract and this kind of thing.

‘Finally the club has found an agreement with him and we are all happy because we are all convinced and we are all sure Josh can be a great player for this club.’

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