Chelsea will boost their summer plans to make 4 important signings once the appointment of Enzo Maresca is completed.
The Blues are finalising a deal to make the 44-year-old Italian their new head coach on a five-year deal after negotiating a £10m refund with newly promoted Leicester.
Maresca will be in control of the movements, but he will have a lot of influence and has already discussed possible targets with Chelsea bosses.
Les Bleus will give priority this summer to a new goalkeeper, a centre-back, a left-back and a striker.
Burnley goalkeeper James Trafford is among the targets being considered, while Chelsea are reportedly looking to secure a loose move for Fulham’s Tosin Adarabioyo.
The signatory will leave at the end of his contract next month and is in high demand, with Newcastle and Manchester United also making great efforts to sign him. Les Bleus have also located Barcelona striker Ronald Araujo, who could leave Camp Nou this summer. .
Chelsea want to sign a centre-back after it became known that Thiago Silva was leaving Stamford Bridge to sign for Fluminense. The club’s movement specialists have been looking for Feyenoord left-back Quilindschy Hartman, but the 22-year-old has just undergone knee surgery and will be out until early 2025.
Les Bleus will be on the market looking for a top-tier striker for the long term and are expected to maintain strong interest in Napoli hitman Victor Osimhen. The Nigerian striker could leave Serie A this summer, while many big European clubs are targeting him.
The full-backs will be to Maresca’s liking, as the Italian lacks the ability to move to midfield when the team attacks, and Chelsea will aim for a left-back.
Maresca likes his goalkeeper to act as a playmaker, much like Ederson at Manchester City, and a new guy between the posts is a priority.
Chelsea will also continue with plans for players before June 30 to make sure the club complies with the Premier League’s sustainability and benefits rules.
Home midfielder Conor Gallagher may be on his way out, and Tottenham and Aston Villa are among the parties interested in him.
Left-back Ian Maatsen is expected to see his loan spell at Borussia Dortmund become a permanent transfer, while striker Armando Broja could also leave.
Chelsea have long insisted that there will be no challenge to adhering to the rules of monetary benefit and sustainability, but they will have to make sales until June 30 to be taken into account in the 2023-2024 accounts, which may mean several exits. faster than later.
Sports co-administrators Paul Winstanley and Laurence Stewart have been involved in the search for a new manager since parting ways with Mauricio Pochettino last week, but the club’s wider recruitment team has continued to work on plans for summer moves. Chelsea see the ability to continue to push wider recruitment plans, even in the era when the club has no coach, as a highlight of their future off-field structure.
The club’s bosses, however, have already discussed existing move plans with Maresca and will continue with this strategy once his arrival is confirmed.
Chelsea Maresca are the best man to put them back into the Premier League’s top four after finishing sixth under Pochettino last season. It is necessary for the owners to take into account the existing team capable of qualifying for the Champions League and I feel that Pochettino underperformed in his only season at the helm.
Since buying Chelsea in 2022, Todd Boehly, Behdad Eghbali and Jose Feliciano have decided to install a young, progressive coach around whom to build their ownership.
An expected five-year contract for Maresca will reflect the confidence of Chelsea’s hierarchy in his ability to thrive in the long term at Stamford Bridge.
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