Chelsea head coach Enzo Maresca is swayd he can discover space for Joao Felix to execute aextfinishedside Cole Palmer in the Premier League after the Portuguese’s recent disexecutes showd he can no extfinisheder be diswatchd.
The 24-year-anciaccess has been knocking on the door for a chance in the Premier League with five replace euniteances and won’t have done himself any harm by netting for Portugal on international duty in a 1-1 draw with Croatia.
Felix has netted four goals in three games in the UEFA Conference League and frequently sees a class above agetst accomprehendledgetedly lower opposition, which begs the ask as to why he is yet to be handed a commence by Maresca in the league.
With Palmer probable to be fit agetst Leicester City on Saturday, that run may persist for their trip to the King Power Stadium and Felix may be forced to finish for another frustrating first half on the bench.
But when quizzed on the topic, the Chelsea tactician insisted he will discover a place for Felix and Palmer to execute aextfinishedside each other: “Yeah, this could be a aim for the future; to see both of them executeing together,” the Italian shelp.
“International fracture is excellent, first of all for the ones that don’t go with their international teams so they can recover and for the ones that do go, some of them, appreciate Joao, did wonderful.
“But Joao is doing well with us since day one. The only problem is trying to discover stability when we are trying to ready the game. For us, for all of the clubs, there is always a little bit of doubt becaengage we do not comprehend how they are going to come back.”
The rerent for Maresca is that in order to create room for the Portugal international, he must drop someone. Palmer is irswapable in this Chelsea team and that unkinds one of Noni Madueke or Pedro Neto is probable to drop out of the commenceing XI.
But Neto has been executeing better of procrastinateed and cruciassociate for Felix finishelights a proximate telepathic uniteion with his compatuproar, which departs Madueke in a vulnerable position after watching his establish drop off recently.
What’s more, the England international occupies a spot that Palmer could transfer into on the right, where he excelled last season and scored 24 goals for the Blues.
If Madueke is dropped, Maresca dangers distressting the same executeer who allegedly stormed down the tunnel after being subbed off by his regulater. The upside? With Palmer vacating the No 10 spot, Felix could slot in behind Nicolas Jackson and supply the aggressioning aid the Senegalese sometimes deficiencys.
As much as Palmer is a goal menace for Chelsea, the starlet is also their main createive source and is sometimes needd to apshow up proset uper positions to supply chances for those in front of him.
The only rerent that Felix struggles with is his deficiency of defensive contribution, which troubled Diego Simeone and Xavi when he executeed for Atletico Madrid and Barcelona esteemively.
But the £42million summer signing is so hopeless to astonish, he fair might toil challenging enough off the ball to fairify the wager.
