Chelsea star Moises Caicedo seems to be weighing in on the membership’s switch plans, with the midfielder apparently endorsing one participant and privately urging Enzo Maresca’s aspect to contemplate him as a switch choice.
Chelsea endure second Brighton defeat in blow for Enzo Maresca
Maresca minimize a annoyed determine from the sidelines on Friday night, with Chelsea struggling their second defeat away to Brighton within the area of every week.
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Yankuba Minteh’s brace and a gap purpose from Japanese sensation Kaoru Mitoma condemned Chelsea to back-to-back defeats on the Amex, following their FA Cup exit by the hands of Fabian Hurzeler’s aspect final weekend.
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Chelsea’s subsequent 5 Premier League fixtures |
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Aston Villa (away) |
February twenty second |
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Southampton (residence) |
February twenty fifth |
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Leicester Metropolis (residence) |
March ninth |
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Arsenal (away) |
March sixteenth |
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Tottenham (residence) |
April 2nd |
Noni Madueke additionally picked up a severe hamstring damage, which Maresca confirmed will sideline the Dutchman for a protracted interval. He now joins Marc Guiu and Nicolas Jackson on the therapy desk, leaving Chelsea with a scarcity of high quality attacking gamers.
They did not have a single shot on track in opposition to Brighton, which makes for fairly grim studying, with Maresca now on the lookout for an answer within the absence of Guiu, Jackson and Madueke.
“Hopefully we are able to [have] pictures on purpose, particularly, for me as a result of we arrive fairly effectively on the fringe of their field,” mentioned Maresca on Chelsea’s lacking attackers.
“Fairly clear, fairly clear. The issue is then within the final third you want the ball contained in the field, you want the participant, after which the principle one is at all times the No.9 contained in the field.
“On this second, Nico isn’t there, Marc [Guiu] isn’t there. We have to discover a totally different resolution. I feel first half we had the Pedro [Neto] probability. We had two or three extra on this second that we might rating that we miss. The unhealthy feeling on this second is that simply we are able to concede possibilities, and we battle to create possibilities so we want discover the steadiness on that.”
Moises Caicedo pushing Chelsea to signal Joel Ordonez
Off the sector, BlueCo are plotting methods to strengthen the staff and again Maresca. Quite a lot of discuss has already centered round Chelsea focusing on one other striker for subsequent season, with RB Leipzig starlet Benjamin Sesko and Ipswich City striker Liam Delap linked up to now week (Simon Phillips).
Nevertheless, in accordance with journalist Graeme Bailey, Chelsea are focusing on Membership Brugge defender Joel Ordonez to bolster their backline as effectively – sending scouts to run the rule over him throughout latest matches.
Valued at round £25 million, what’s extra attention-grabbing is Bailey’s declare that Caicedo is personally pushing Chelsea to maneuver for Ordonez behind-the-scenes – with the 23-year-old apparently satisfied that his worldwide teammate is sweet sufficient to play for the membership.
“Chelsea are keeping track of Joel Ordonez, the Brugge defender, they had been on the recreation in opposition to Atalanta,” Bailey advised The Chelsea Chronicle.
“We all know Ordonez is a participant Chelsea are conscious of, they’ve checked out him earlier than, and earlier than he even moved to Belgium.
“We all know he’s somebody who Caicedo has actually voiced his opinion about that he thinks he’s ok. Ordonez is an attention-grabbing one, I wouldn’t transfer him out of the equation.”
