Former Blues star Gary Cahill has just made an interesting claim about the squad at Chelsea.
There’s certainly been wholesale changes to the squad at Stamford Bridge across the last couple of years. The current state of play is that Enzo Maresca has inherited a young group with huge potential but perhaps a lack of experience.
When speaking via the Blues YouTube channel earlier in July, Maresca called Chelsea’s squad “very good” during his first interview as the club’s new head coach.
Let’s see if he still feels the same way after a few months working with them, especially as he’ll be under pressure during his first role as a Premier League manager.
Gary Cahill is very optimistic about the Chelsea squad
Gary Cahill has noticed that Chelsea’s squad definitely has the ability to succeed, but the set of youngsters just needs time to get their first piece of silverware under their belt.
There’s a few players that have won trophies before with the Blues, but the club has gone back-to-back seasons without winning anything.
“Everything that’s involved in the settlement of a new squad like that and young players takes a little bit of time,” Cahill told The Charlotte Observer.
“There’s certainly the ability in the squad, and just for me as a Chelsea fan now, (it’s about) just watching it grow and almost trying to nurture that.”
“It’s difficult because Chelsea comes with an expectation of winning things and competing season after season after season, nor should that change.
“These players are slowly learning that… The first time that this young group wins something, it will almost catapult (them) to that next level.”
Enzo Maresca is a winner
The sample size may not be too big, but Maresca is an individual used to winning things as a coach.
He was the Manchester City assistant boss when they became treble winners during the 2022/23 campaign. It’s pretty evident that his philosophy aligns with Man City manager Pep Guardiola, too.
On top of that, Maresca guided Leicester City to the Championship league title and promotion during one year at the King Power Stadium last season.
Let’s hope he can instil a winning mentality into this Chelsea dressing room.
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