“He is the real problem of this team, and I will keep saying it till my last breath; How can you have a player of his class on bench and decide to start this calamity player? Rio Ferdinand blast Enzo Maresca for his willingness to bench a £60 million player today, despite his interest in playing.

He is this team’s true problem, and I will continue to say it till the day I die. How can you start this disaster player while a guy of his calibre is on the bench? Rio Ferdinand criticises Enzo Maresca for benching a player worth £60 million today even if the guy wants to play.

The Premier League season begins today at Stamford Bridge, where Enzo Maresca will greet Pep Guadiola, his former boss. Furthermore, a lot of talk has focused on how Chelsea needs to win in order for the squad to have depth.

with the meantime, Pep Guadiola has already selected his starting lineup for the match against his former assistant coach at Stamford Bridge with the hopes of repeating as a champion.

Chelsea has already decided to keep a flawless roster this season despite the fact that more people are watching to see how the two teams play. Last season, Chelsea finished at six spots due to player injuries that kept them out of the lineup.

Chelsea was nevertheless able to earn European football because to the tenacity of former manager Mauricio Pochetinno, even with the injury problems that were reported.

It appears that the newly appointed manager may have intended to prevent “the case of too many players out due to injury.” Enzo Maresca reportedly wouldn’t want to take a chance on Pedro Neto given his history of injuries at Wolverhampton.

The forward now appears to be relying on Cole Palmer, who was previously called upon multiple times to save the front line because he was instrumental in helping Chelsea to the majority of their season-long goals.

Enzo Maresca is prepared to keep his team flawless, but the manager wants to minimise the possibility of adding another injured player. As was previously mentioned in a football update, Neto would most likely not start against Manchester City, and Maresca will undoubtedly rotate the majority of his reliable players between the flanks.

Against the champions today, Chelsea may still choose to start Nicolas Jackson and Noni Madueuke at forward and most likely deploy Mudryk in that role.

Sanchez, Gusto, W Fofana, Colwill, Cucurella, Lavia, Fernandez, Madueke, Palmer, Neto, Guiu were the predicted Chelsea starting lineup.

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