Enzo Maresca has defended his treatment of Chelsea cast-offs Raheem Sterling and Axel Disasi , claiming that being made to train alone is "not hard."

ESPN reported on Thursday that the Professional Footballers' Association had contacted the club over the conditions the pair are working under this season after they were made surplus to requirements and isolated from the first team.

Neither was able to secure a move away from Stamford Bridge during the transfer window despite efforts being made to set up deals.

Maresca has not seen or spoken to either player this season and both have been kept entirely separate from the team, training and eating alone and at different times to the rest of the squad.

Sterling, who had an unsuccessful loan at Arsenal last season, still has two ye

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