Chelsea have reportedly prevented Mykhaylo Mudryk from representing Ukraine at this summer’s Olympics in Paris. New coach Enzo Maresca wants to overcome the injuries that plagued Mauricio Pochettino’s side last season and a strict strategy for his players’ summer plans that he hopes will help him achieve this. .
Maresca and his team have already set out to impose the law with foods as common as salt, pepper and fried eggs that deserve to be removed from the Chelsea stars’ menu.
And now, with the Olympics set to begin next month, the Daily Mail claims Chelsea have taken steps to save several of their key players from competing. Mudryk will be absent from the Ukrainian national team and Enzo Fernandez’s lead to Paris has also been blocked as Argentina prepares to fight without him.
Les Bleus’ other players, Benoit Badiashile and Malo Gusto, will also be prevented from joining France for their country’s Olympics, but young hope Lesley Ugochukwu has been given the green light.
Mudryk and Fernández are already playing tournaments this summer, Euro 2024 and Copa América respectively. Fernandez will miss more than two weeks of Maresca’s first preseason if Argentina reaches the final, and would have missed all preparations for 2024. /25 if he then flew to the Olympic Games.
Chelsea are under pressure for next season after failing to find a winning recipe under a succession of managers. Pochettino led them to sixth place in the Premier League last season, but more is expected from his expensive side.
Mudryk, who cashed Chelsea £88. 5m in January last year, managed just five goals and two assists in the Premier League last season. Fernandez’s value has also been in doubt, as he cashed Les Bleus £107m after winning the World Cup with Argentina.
Maresca led Leicester City to the league title last season, but he has never controlled a game in a primary European league. The Italian will want everyone to be on deck as Chelsea prepare to compete in the Premier League, Carabao Cup, FA Cup and Europe. Conference League and Club World Cup next season.
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Ben Chilwell, Wesley Fofana, Romeo Lavia, Reece James and Christopher Nkunku are among those who missed much, if not all, of the last crusade due to injury.
Many believe Pochettino has been given the chance to start with a fully healthy squad, but he and Chelsea’s board mutually agreed to include tactics shortly after last month’s win over Bournemouth.
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