Chelsea face Cardiff City in the Carabao Cup quarter-finals on Tuesday night. A trip to Wales awaits Chelsea as they look to book another semi-final spot, a regular occurrence under head coach Enzo Maresca.
With Manchester United’s thrilling draw against Bournemouth concluded, the Premier League’s 16th gameweek draws to a close, and we can take a look back at the stars of the week.
Chelsea are taking on Cardiff in the EFL Cup tonight, and the Blues are doing all they can to make sure they win. It is our final game against lower league opposition for some time, and a final chance to rotate the team a little, but Enzo Maresca and Chelsea are still hoping desperately to win.
One former scout says that it’s inevitable that one Chelsea player will depart the club very soon, as things heat up for January. Leeds United are among a number of Premier League clubs weighing up a move to sign Raheem Sterling.
According to one of the most random sources of ‘expert info’ you may ever ready, Enzo Maresca is trying to get out of Chelsea! I mean, he might be, none of us know.
With January now right around the corner, there is one transfer move potentially on the cards and about to heat up. Chelsea are mostly going to be pretty quiet throughout the January window, we believe.
Chelsea looked good on Saturday because of two things – the partnership of Wesley Fofana and Trevoh Chalobah in defence keeping them solid, plus the return of Cole Palmer in attack.
Chelsea are not expected to make any major moves in the January transfer window, but we’re sure we will see more talented young players brought in. That’s the club’s model now, and a report from the Daily Mirror yesterday made it very clear that there’s a new target in our sights as the window draws closer.
Former Chelsea striker Olivier Giroud has become the latest former Blue to state the obvious issue at the club right now. Away from the drama of the comments
Enzo Maresca’s explosive comments on Saturday night have generated a lot of chatter, mainly because people don’t know exactly what he meant. He was asked more about it today, but basically refused to elaborate or explain.
The Athletic’s David Ornstein has given his info on the situation after Enzo Maresca’s comments over the weekend. We can all see what’s going on here. Maresca is clearly unhappy with a number of things.
Chelsea racked up 2.2 xG against Everton on Saturday, breaking a run of 6 games in a row where they failed to break the 2 xG mark. They were really struggling in attack in some of those games, with the poor form of their strikers and the absence of Cole Palmer really starting to bite.
Former Premier League defender Jamie Carragher has given a dark prediction on who will be Chelsea manager next season. Unless you’ve been living under a rock this week, as a Chelsea fan, you would have seen the drama going on around Enzo Maresca and comments he made after the Everton game on Saturday.
Enzo Maresca’s explosive comments on Saturday came out of nowhere – and they actually came in the middle of an answer he was giving about Malo Gusto. The full back had a goal and an assist in the 2-0 win over Everton and deserved a little more coverage, so the media went back for another try today.
Enzo Maresca has just taken his press conference ahead of tomorrow night’s EFL Cup game against Cardiff, and he had some interesting things to say about Cole Palmer.
Cardiff City boss Brian Barry-Murphy sounds like he is well and truly up for this game against Chelsea tomorrow night. It might be a good time to play against Chelsea.
Enzo Maresca has just taken his press conference for tomorrow’s game against Cardiff in the EFL Cup, but of course the conversation was dominated by chat about his future.
An exclusive report claims that they know how Chelsea’s owners will respond to Enzo Maresca’s public comments on Saturday. Enzo Maresca’s comments after Chelsea’s win against Everton on Saturday afternoon seemed to come out of nowhere.
Sky Sports have delivered what they believe is one theory on Enzo Maresca’s ‘intense’ situation with the Chelsea board. Enzo Maresca’s comments after Chelsea’s win against Everton on Saturday afternoon seemed to come out of nowhere.
Marc Cucurella has become a standout performer at Chelsea since Enzo Maresca was named manager. The Spanish defender has locked down the left-back position, making it tough for new arrival Jorrel Hato to break into the line-up.