‘They can give us a lot’: Chelsea coach Enzo Maresca on potential Romeo Lavia-Moises Caicedo midfield partnership
Chelsea head coach Enzo Maresca is eager to see Romeo Lavia and Moises Caicedo form a midfield partnership, believing the duo can offer excellent options for the team.
London: Having confirmed that Romeo Lavia is offered for selection again, Chelsea head coach Enzo Maresca has revealed he believes partnering the Belgian with Moises Caicedo in midfield may possibly prove to be a brilliant option for the Blues.
Lavia started Chelsea’s first two matches of the season, against Manchester City and Servette, before being sidelined for a month by injury. The 20-year-old is now back in training.
It remains to be seen whether the sport against Brighton on Saturday is regarded as too early for Lavia to be involved from the starting place, Maresca believes Lavia is a similar player to Moises Caicedo and feels they'll provide a brilliant option as a midfield pairing.
“Romeo will give us kind of clone of Moi, He played one league game for us this season against City and I believe it changed into an exceedingly good game from Romeo. I’m very excited thinking that soon we can have Moi and Romeo both fit 100 %because I believe both together playing that position, can give us a lot. They may possibly compete for one position and they could be able to play together, of course,” Maresca told Chelsea’s media team.
The opposite half of of that potential midfield duo, Caicedo, has started the season in impressive form and been a near ever-present in the Premier League thus some distance, missing just 14 minutes of the action, when he changed into substituted with the Blues leading 5-2 at Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Understandably, that has left Maresca very happy with the Ecuador captain’s performances, though he has identified one area of his game which may still improve.
“I knew Moi already from Brighton, I watched many quite a lot of games of Moi in that season. I believe in this moment for us he’s an exceedingly important player,’ added our head coach. He’s doing well, especially off the ball, but he can do far better on the ball and be more brave breaking the line. But I believe with us he’s doing very well, but he is additionally even better on the ball,” added the Italian.
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