Chelsea are in an attention-grabbing state of affairs proper now. Preseason is in full swing, and with three games played, we’ve moved past the stage the place the coach is simply selecting every participant in his group for 45 minutes a sport, to get some operating of their legs.
From tonight’s game in opposition to Man Metropolis, via the next match-ups with Actual Madrid and Inter Milan, we’re enjoying high groups. Not solely that, we’re going to be transitioning from simply getting gamers match into beginning to get an thought of what Maresca’s beginning XI shall be for the large kick off of our Premier League marketing campaign on the 18th of August – a sport for which tickets are nonetheless out there at www.livefootballtickets.com.
A number of gamers have the prospect to drive their manner into Maresca’s plans, and that’s very true as a result of three potential starters (Conor Gallagher, Cole Palmer and Marc Cucurella), are but to hitch up with the squad, and are unlikely to be match to play within the first week.
So who stands to probably profit most from these subsequent 3 friendlies? Who can use this time to point out they deserve to start out? We picked 3 who won’t have come to thoughts immediately.
Levi Colwill jumps out at us immediately. He’s a top quality participant, and probably good for both the left again position on this workforce which inverts into midfield, or simply the left centre again position. With Cucurella out and Ben Chilwell getting used extra as a winger, it feels very probably that we see Colwill used loads in these ultimate 3 video games. He has the prospect to earn his place within the workforce, however with a lot competitors at left again and centre again, he is aware of he has to step up and carry out.
Romeo Lavia is one other participant with all of it to do. He’s impressed in his minutes to this point, however with a lot competitors in his place, it’s not sure if he can truly safe a beginning spot. Moises Caicedo and Enzo Fernandez value a lot that they HAVE to play, and Kiernan Dewsbury-Corridor is Maresca’s lieutenant on the sphere. The place does Lavia then slot in, if you wish to preserve 3 attackers on the sphere?
Christopher Nkunku has appeared actually tidy within the video games to this point, however there are nonetheless questions on the place he suits in. Nicolas Jackson will lead the road, Cole Palmer probably play off the best. Does Nkunku get squeezed into the workforce enjoying off the left? It means leaving out Raheem Sterling and Mykhailo Mudryk, however proper now it’s laborious to see some other manner it occurs.
