Chelsea are in an attention-grabbing state of affairs proper now. Preseason is in full swing, and with three video games performed, we’ve moved past the stage the place the coach is simply choosing every participant in his group for 45 minutes a recreation, to get some operating of their legs.
From tonight’s recreation towards Man Metropolis, via the next match-ups with Actual Madrid and Inter Milan, we’re taking part in prime 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 can be for the large kick off of our Premier League marketing campaign on the 18th of August – a recreation for which tickets are nonetheless accessible at www.livefootballtickets.com.
Just a few gamers have the prospect to drive their means 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 affix 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 indicate they deserve to start out? We picked 3 who may not 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 quite a bit in these remaining 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 date, 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 sector. The place does Lavia then slot in, if you wish to preserve 3 attackers on the sector?
Christopher Nkunku has seemed actually tidy within the video games to date, however there are nonetheless questions on the place he matches in. Nicolas Jackson will lead the road, Cole Palmer probably play off the suitable. Does Nkunku get squeezed into the workforce taking part in off the left? It means leaving out Raheem Sterling and Mykhailo Mudryk, however proper now it’s onerous to see every other means it occurs.
