Chelsea players who can thrive under Enzo Maresca and additions needed – Talk Chelsea

While sure I nonetheless absolutely imagine this can be a HUGE danger and I’ve MASSIVE issues about this appointment, I’ll assist Enzo Maresca as Chelsea head coach, and there are definitely positives.

He’s been employed as a result of his model of play, with Chelsea wanting to regulate video games with possession-based soccer.

We all know that Maresca will use inverted full-backs, and that’s a part of what made Leicester extra dominant in video games final season.

Chelsea have Reece James and Marc Cucurella (if he’s not offered) as two good inverted full again choices on both aspect, and they’re going to additionally be capable to change in-game. I’d be excited to see James in an inverted position, as a result of I’ve at all times beloved the concept of him enjoying as a defensive midfielder and really feel he may thrive there.

This brings me to my first ‘want’ for Maresca, doubtlessly one other left again. Chelsea may promote one or each of Cucurella and Ben Chilwell this summer season, and with how Maresca units up, if it is only one going, you’d be inclined to assume it could possibly be Chilwell. The England worldwide fits a again 5 higher than a again three, and I’m not certain he will be an inverted full again. Even when Cucurella stays, Chelsea might want to convey a brand new left again I imagine, one who can be extra suited to being inverted. Or perhaps Chilwell will be inverted? Solely Maresca will know that.

Constructing from the again is one other key characteristic of each Guardiola’s and Maresca’s video games. One of many Italian’s first signings at Leicester Metropolis was goalkeeper Mads Hermansen, who not solely grew to become one of many Championship’s high shot-stoppers, however was additionally snug together with his ft.

That is the subsequent ‘want’ as a result of let’s be trustworthy, none of Robert Sanchez or Djordje Petrovic would fill anybody with confidence of having the ability to step up as a real sweeper-keeper with the excessive requirements of high quality with the ball at their ft. For me, Chelsea will completely want a brand new goalkeeper extra suited to play this manner.

Cole Palmer might be a key participant for Maresca, as he can be for any supervisor, and I imagine he’ll look to Palmer to be certainly one of his chief creators.

Maresca additionally loves to make use of 1v1 wingers who can take a person on and get previous them to create.

Do Chelsea have such wingers to satisfy the one-v-one ambitions of Maresca? I’m not so certain. Noni Madueke could possibly be a key characteristic, Raheem Sterling is an efficient 1v1 winger, Mykhailo Mudryk not a lot by way of skillset however does have the tempo to do it. Cole Palmer is a creator. Christopher Nkunku is extra of a ten.

Chelsea will in all probability want one other winger. Can Michael Olise match that? It will likely be fascinating to see who we go for as one other key piece to the Maresca puzzle, proper?

The striker is apparent for me, everybody is aware of we’d like a brand new striker and that goes with out saying. Even in the event you extremely charge Nicolas Jackson, you’ll know we’d like greater than only one quantity 9 in our squad. Jackson by the best way, perhaps he could possibly be a 1v1 winger out on the left? I’ve at all times most popular him enjoying in from the left.

One participant who won’t go well with so effectively in a dominant possession-based model of play might be Conor Gallagher, and perhaps that may simply be another excuse why Chelsea are trying extremely prone to promote him.