While sure I nonetheless absolutely imagine this can be a HUGE danger and I’ve MASSIVE issues about this appointment, I’ll help Enzo Maresca as Chelsea head coach, and there are actually positives.
He’s been employed resulting from his fashion of play, with Chelsea wanting to manage 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 facet, and they’re going to additionally be capable of change in-game. I might be excited to see James in an inverted function, as a result of I’ve at all times cherished the thought of him enjoying as a defensive midfielder and really feel he might thrive there.
This brings me to my first ‘want’ for Maresca, doubtlessly one other left again. Chelsea might promote one or each of Cucurella and Ben Chilwell this summer time, and with how Maresca units up, if it is only one going, you’d be inclined to suppose it may very well be Chilwell. The England worldwide fits a again 5 higher than a again three, and I’m not positive he may be an inverted full again. Even when Cucurella stays, Chelsea might want to carry a brand new left again I imagine, one who can be extra suited to being inverted. Or possibly Chilwell may be inverted? Solely Maresca will know that.
Constructing from the again is one other key function 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 turned one of many Championship’s high shot-stoppers, however was additionally snug along with his ft.
That is the following ‘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 fashion.
Cole Palmer will probably be a key participant for Maresca, as he can be for any supervisor, and I imagine he’ll look to Palmer to be one among 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 positive. Noni Madueke may very well be a key function, Raheem Sterling is an effective 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? Will probably be attention-grabbing 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 for those who extremely price Nicolas Jackson, you’ll know we’d like greater than only one quantity 9 in our squad. Jackson by the best way, possibly he may very well be a 1v1 winger out on the left? I’ve at all times most well-liked him enjoying in from the left.
One participant who won’t go well with so nicely in a dominant possession-based fashion of play will probably be Conor Gallagher, and possibly that can simply be one more reason why Chelsea are wanting extremely prone to promote him.
