Watford boss: "Ake is someone who loves this profession and he will try and get better."
Quique Sanchez Flores reveals the reason why he has left out Nathan Ake from his starting 11 for 4 of the last 6 matches.
"I feel Ake has lost a lot his good performance over the last two months," Sanchez Flores said.
"I spoke with him and he told me that maybe it is because it is the first time he has played a lot of matches in the Premier League. He feels a little tired. I trust him a lot but when a player loses their shape we have to change. The level of competition is high. If you are not ready then you will not be in the first XI."
Flores spoke of how he and Paulo Ferreira, a coach at Chelsea's loanee department, discuss Ake’s time at Watford.
"Paulo Ferreira, as a scout of Chelsea and me, as the head coach of Watford, both agree he has had a very good season in general," Sanchez Flores said. "That hasn’t been a surprise to us. But the level at Chelsea, if we are completely honest, is a lot higher than Watford. So he has to improve and he needs to learn. Ake is someone who loves this profession and he will try and get better. Sometimes another loan is important. At Atletico and Benfica, there were players who had one season on loan and proved enough. Other players needed another loan to complete their progress."
