The director of Chelsea, Enzo Maresca, praised an “important member” of the team after his return from injury.
Chelsea against the title of Premier League Rival in Liverpool in the middle of the selection crisis
The Blues endured a fairly disappointing start in the 2025/2026 campaign, and that is not easier when the Maresca team is preparing to welcome the Champions of Premier League Liverpool this afternoon.
MARESCA, after winning the Conference League, the Club World Cup and qualifying for the Champions League last season, was responsible for building exploits of 2024/2025 with more than 280 million pounds sterling spent for new recruits in the summer window.
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The greatest summer spending in the Premier League |
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|---|---|---|---|
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Team |
Spent |
Received |
Net expenses |
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Liverpool |
£ 415,000,000 |
£ 187,000,000 |
£ 228,000,000 |
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Chélat |
£ 285,000,000 |
£ 288,000,000 |
– £ 3,000,000 |
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Arsenal |
£ 255,000,000 |
£ 9,000,000 |
£ 246,000,000 |
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Newcastle |
£ 250,000,000 |
£ 152,000,000 |
£ 98,000,000 |
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Man utd |
£ 216,000,000 |
£ 68,000,000 |
£ 148,000,000 |
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NOTTM Forest |
£ 205,000,000 |
£ 107,000,000 |
£ 98,000,000 |
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Tottenham |
£ 181,000,000 |
£ 36,000,000 |
£ 145,000,000 |
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Sunderland |
£ 162,000,000 |
£ 44,000,000 |
£ 118,000,000 |
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Man |
£ 152,000,000 |
£ 53,000,000 |
£ 99,000,000 |
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West Ham |
£ 124,000,000 |
£ 55,000,000 |
£ 69,000,000 |
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via Bbc |
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However, he is also forced to rely on a list full of young people and an eleven starting with an average age of only 24.1 (BBC), with injuries paralyzing the tactician so far.
While October arrives, the list of absent from Chelsea includes Liam Delap, Levi Colwill, Wesley Fofana, Tosin Adarabioyo, Dario Essugo, Andrey Santos, Trevoh Chalobah and the star attacker Cole Palmer – who are all ready to miss today with Arne Slot to Stamford Bridge.
Fofana and Tosin should only come back after the international break, the first concussion protocol, while Chalobah is serving a suspension of a match after his red card against Brighton last weekend.
Colwill is expected to miss the majority of this season after having also broken his LCA in pre -season – leaving Maresca absolutely without central defenders to choose against Liverpool – it is very likely that Benoit Badiashile and Jorrel Hato will receive the start of the start.
Badiarshile has just returned from injury himself, starting his first game of the season during a victory in the Champions 1-0 League against Benfica by José Mourinho on Tuesday, and the Frenchman impressed.
The reports suggest that the initiates of Chelsea pushed the case of badiarshile behind the scenes as a deputy capable of coming to play an important role, although it is linked to a move last summer.
The presence of the 24 -year -old, in the middle of the serious defensive shortage of Chelsea, now seems more imperative than ever, with the badiarshile refusing a move in the last window and declaring his love for the West Londoners.
“The club, the coach and all the staff give me a lot of confidence and believe in me. I will do everything to give them back to the field,” said Badiarshile at Foot Mercato in July.
“I love the club, the city and the supporters. I hope to be able to make even more history with this magnificent club.”
The loyalty of the former Monaco star is reimbursed by Maresca, who won the praise of Badiarshile during his pre-Liverpool press conference.
Enzo Maresca praises Benoit Badiarshile as “good news” for Chelsea
Addressing journalists, the boss of Chelsea confirmed that the badiarshile is actually an “important” player for them, and his return to the fold is “good news” before their difficult confrontation against the champions of England.
“Since I joined the club, whenever I spoke about Benoit, I always said that he was an important player and a very good player,” said Maresca.
“Unfortunately, he was injured several times since I joined the club, but before the last one, he played almost every match at the Club World Cup. Then was injured against Benfica.
“Now he’s back and that’s good news for us, his teammates and especially for him, because when you are absent for a long time, it’s always a shame.”
Unfortunately for Badiashiles, its place in the starting eleven is threatened in the long term.
According to reports, Chelsea and Maresca agree that the signing of a star central defender takes “priority” for January.
Meanwhile, we also think that Chelsea contacted Marc Guehi’s camp this week and could try to re-sign the star of Crystal Palace for reduction costs in winter.
