As if that wasn’t enough. After spending €260 million this summer between the signings of Pedro Neto, Joao Felix, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Filip Jorgensen, Mike Penders, Aaron Anselmino, Renato Veiga, Caleb Wiley, Marc Guiu and Tosin Adarabioyo, who arrived on a free, and Jadon Sancho, loaned by Manchester United, Chelsea are probably not yet finished with their recruitment for the current season. The start of the championship has not lived up to Enzo Maresca’s expectations.
The new Blues coach wants to take the example of the title favourites in England.I think we’re a very good team, but there are clubs like Manchester City and Arsenal who are ahead of us, without a doubt. Hopefully if we progress and keep improving, we can slowly, I mean slowly get closer to them. But I think it’s pretty clear that at the moment, Arsenal and Manchester City are ahead of the rest.»
Recruitment target this winter
For him, there is no miracle to compete. Two conditions must be met. The first is to be able to last over time in order to put its principles into practice. “As I said, the reason why one club stayed nine years with the same manager (Pep Guardiola joined Manchester City in 2016), the other (Mikel Arteta at Arsenal) stayed five years. The other clubs… it’s a short period.” Chelsea don’t exactly have a reputation for giving their managers time…
The other solution, you guessed it, is to recruit.The goal after last summer is to try to do fewer things but more specific ones.continued the Blues technician at a press conference. This is the goal for January and next summer. I hope it can happen like this.”he assures. It seems that the 44-year-old Italian is not yet completely satisfied with a squad that is nevertheless bloated, where 29 players already rub shoulders, not counting the lofters.
