Paul Merson says Chelsea coach Enzo Maresca has a problem if the Champions League qualification is the advantage this season for blues.
Sky Sports News Kaveh Solhekol’s main reporter reported that the Champions League qualification remains Chelsea’s main target this season, despite a difficult run they have won only twice in nine League games – a run they have abandoned from The four best of the Premier League.
Chelsea is currently sixth, a point away from the fourth place Man City and with the fifth end this season is likely to provide the Champions League football, the Maresca team is still looking for a high football return European.
However, two losses in a week to Brighton in the FA Cup and the Premier League have returned to Chelsea tightly into the spotlight, and Merson believes there may be problems ahead for Maresca in Chelsea, with the pressure set to catch on it if the results Don’t start to come back.
Before chelsea Saturday night Clash with Aston Villa, The Magic Man also discusses the latest Cole Palmer wars affecting the games, the lack of a center forward and a goalkeeper, and the potential further pain for blues with their team size.
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‘If the Champions League football is priority, Maresca has a problem’
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I don’t know where the next victory for Chelsea comes from.
I thought they were very lucky against West Ham. Brighton’s two shows were so far below the required level.
I don’t see them win against Aston Villa.
If the Champions League is the advantage for Chelsea, Enzo Maresca has a big problem.
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Speaking after a 3-0 loss to Brighton in the Premier League, Chelsea Enzo Maresca chief described the performance as the worst since joining the club
That target of the season has not been mentioned before.
When things were going well, the messages were that this season was a season for construction and some advances. The Champions League football was not really mentioned. It felt as if it were a case of watching how we go and let all the new players settle together and develop for the future.
All started so well. But now, suddenly, you hear that the Champions League is the target and should be top-four.
The manager will now be under serious pressure.
‘Palmer needs Jackson’
Nicolas Jackson is removed with damage
As far as Chelsea has spent and for all long -term contacts, I don’t see how they have not received a high goalkeeper or a world -class center ahead.
For all the criticism, when Nicolas Jackson does not play, they really miss them.
The person who is missing more than everything is Cole Palmer.
Jackson gets a lot of stick. In the games, people can really get critical, but Palmer needs Jackson.
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Speaking after a 3-0 loss to Brighton in the Premier League, Jamie Carragher suggested that Chelsea risk losing Cole Palmer if they are unable to qualify for the Champions League this season
Jackson also needs Palmer, of course he does it, but Palmer needs bad Jackson because he is the one who runs, spreads the show and creates space.
No one else really runs on Chelsea. Everyone loves it on foot. Wingers love the ball standing and then they will do their magic. They will not run without the ball. The only one who makes it is Jackson.
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Seeing Palmer now, he is essentially getting the ball up from four back. It should come short because the game is so closed without a known center before. No one is removing central defenders and when this happens, the game becomes very compact.
When compact, Palmer cannot do the things he usually does. He needs space to work. At the moment, he is coming short, and he has 10 players in front of him. When this happens everything becomes a little harder.
‘More tears to come for Chelsea’
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Alone very much see this space with Chelsea.
I’m not sure how everything will work. The players are all in the long -term agreement and there are many loan players with long -term agreements.
Look at the players who had to leave. It would be impossible to keep everyone happy.
They were okay at the beginning of the season because they had the conference league. They can take the players’ game time in that competition. Without that game every Thursday now, he has not received that luxury and many players have had to go out with a loan. He just couldn’t keep everyone happy.
If they get the Champions League football next season, again, I don’t see how he can keep everyone happy.
I feel about the manager. He has so many layers that he just can’t keep happy. There is still a lot of tears to come to Chelsea.
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