Defenders Reece James and Malo Gusto and midfielder Romeo Lavia will miss Chelsea’s journey to Bournemouth within the Premier League on Saturday (8pm BST), supervisor Enzo Maresca has mentioned.
Gusto withdrew from France’s Beneath-21 squad with a thigh drawback, whereas fellow right-back James has not featured this season due to a hamstring damage.
“Romeo seems very shut,” Maresca mentioned of the prospect of Lavia showing for the primary time since Chelsea’s opening 2-0 defeat to Manchester Metropolis on August 18.
“My focus is the pitch as a result of it’s the solely factor I can management” ⚽️
Enzo Maresca on the possession saga at Chelsea 🔵 pic.twitter.com/G42ukamhDA
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Chelsea vs Bournemouth
Centre-back Wesley Fofana and talismanic attacker Cole Palmer have skilled this week after lacking out on taking part in for his or her nations through the worldwide break due to damage considerations.
Maresca mentioned he would “sit with” Ben Chilwell and “discover the fitting resolution” to the full-back’s predicament after a deliberate switch exit for the previous England worldwide didn’t materialise earlier than the switch window closed.
“We’ll see [if] he’s going to be again with us for coaching classes, as a result of for the time being he’s not coaching with us,” defined Maresca.
“The rationale why he’s coaching aside is as a result of the concept was for him to go away. He’s in all probability going to begin to prepare with us – we have to determine that. I feel he’s good. I noticed him this morning and he’s OK.”
🚨🔵 Enzo Maresca: “I actually, actually like Carney Chukwuemeka… however we have now so many attacking midfielders”.
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Chelsea ‘enhancing’
Chelsea have had a combined begin to their first top-flight season beneath Maresca, following up their loss to Metropolis with a 6-2 win at Wolves and a 1-1 draw at house to Crystal Palace.
Studies this week have advised that membership house owners Todd Boehly and Behdad Eghbali wish to purchase one another out, however Maresca supplied little perception into any upheaval behind the scenes.
“The gamers are skilled sufficient to grasp that we can’t management these sorts of issues,” he mentioned. “The primary focus is on the pitch.
“I don’t know if one thing goes to occur, to be trustworthy. I don’t have an concept. The one factor I can say is that, from a soccer facet, we’re getting in the fitting path.
“The group is enhancing. I used the worldwide break to evaluate the video games. Within the three Premier League video games we performed, it’s true that we conceded targets, however we additionally conceded from Palace’s first shot on aim.
“In opposition to Metropolis, we didn’t concede so many probabilities, which is unusual in opposition to Metropolis. In opposition to Wolves, we didn’t concede any pictures within the second half.”
Bournemouth have some extent greater than Chelsea after drawing in opposition to Nottingham Forest and Newcastle earlier than claiming a dramatic first victory of the top-flight season, recovering from 2-0 behind at Everton to win 3-2 with the assistance of two targets throughout second-half added time.
