Manager has to use Caicedo, Fernández and Lavia wisely with Club World Cup useful exercise for next season
Enzo Maresca sometimes gives the impression he would love nothing more than to name an entire team of midfielders. A conundrum facing Chelsea’s head coach, though, is that he will struggle to find space in his starting XI for everyone next season.
Chelsea are not short of options in the middle. They have the £100m buys, Enzo Fernández and Moisés Caicedo, and the elegant, deep-lying Roméo Lavia. Yet starting them all in a midfield three is not easy if Cole Palmer plays as a No 10.
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