Chelsea supervisor Enzo Maresca says Ben Chilwell and Carney Chukwuemeka are prone to be the primary gamers who will wish to go away the membership as a consequence of a scarcity of sport time because the January switch window looms. Neither participant has featured within the Premier League this season and their absence from Maresca’s second-string choices within the Conference League and League Cup has lengthy pointed in direction of a Stamford Bridge exit. England worldwide Chilwell was advised in August he was not within the head coach’s plans however a comeback appeared attainable when the 27-year-old performed the second half of September’s League Cup win over Barrow.
That return has not materialized, whereas 21-year-old Chukwuemeka has been largely restricted to substitute appearances.
“There are players that unfortunately didn’t play a lot with us in all the competitions, like Chilwell, like Carney,” mentioned Maresca forward of Sunday’s journey to Everton.
“Probably they’re the first that will want to leave because they work every day because they want to play. If they don’t play probably they are thinking to leave.
“Each participant has a special scenario so we’ll see if anybody knocks on the door and says ‘I wish to go away’. We’ll attempt to discover a resolution.”
Maresca has had the luxury of a run of fixtures against limited opposition in Europe, during which he has given significant game time to players who have struggled to get into his Premier League line-ups.
They finished top of the Conference League table, ensuring direct passage to the last 16, meaning a hiatus from European duty until March.
A number of senior internationals have relied on those games for minutes, most notably Christopher Nkunku and Joao Felix, though teenage striker Marc Guiu, who is top scorer in the Conference League, have also earned valuable experience in the competition.
“I’m not apprehensive concerning the subsequent three months, if the gamers are completely happy or not,” said Maresca. “We have many video games, in the event that they do the suitable issues, in the event that they work correctly for certain all of them are going to have an opportunity to play.
Chelsea, second within the Premier League, would leapfrog leaders Liverpool, at the least briefly, in the event that they beat Everton on Sunday, with Arne Slot’s males kicking off later.
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