Chelsea are in an fascinating 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 selecting every participant in his group for 45 minutes a recreation, to get some working of their legs.
From tonight’s recreation in opposition to Man Metropolis, by way of 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 will probably be for the large kick off of our Premier League marketing campaign on the 18th of August – a recreation for which tickets are nonetheless out there at www.livefootballtickets.com.
Just a few gamers have the prospect to drive their approach 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 point out 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 function on this staff which inverts into midfield, or simply the left centre again function. With Cucurella out and Ben Chilwell getting used extra as a winger, it feels very probably that we see Colwill used rather a lot in these last 3 video games. He has the prospect to earn his place within the staff, 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 thus far, however with a lot competitors in his place, it’s not sure if he can really safe a beginning spot. Moises Caicedo and Enzo Fernandez price 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 hold 3 attackers on the sphere?
Christopher Nkunku has seemed actually tidy within the video games thus far, however there are nonetheless questions on the place he matches in. Nicolas Jackson will lead the road, Cole Palmer probably play off the appropriate. Does Nkunku get squeezed into the staff 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 approach it occurs.
