Enzo Maresca demands ALL Chelsea players attend Stamford Bridge even if not selected in bid to ‘create something’

ENZO MARESCA wants each of his troops in Chelsea’s cheerleading squad — whether they are playing oregon not.

It follows a conspicuous show of unity connected Tuesday night, erstwhile a radical of players not progressive against minnows Barrow successful the Carabao Cup turned up successful enactment of their team-mates and sat down the location dugout.

Captain Reece James, Cole Palmer, Jadon Sancho, Noni Madueke, keeper Robert Sanchez, Nicolas Jackson and Moises Caicedo were among those who aboriginal went connected the transportation to observe a 5-0 victory.

Boss Maresca insists it is simply a cardinal portion of the squad effort for everyone to crook up, whether it beryllium successful boots oregon not.

The Italian believes attraction to tiny details plays a large portion successful performances.

He said: “The ones successful the squad person to beryllium determination and the ones not successful the squad have to beryllium determination too.

“In a mean squad you person to behave similar a squad and if determination is simply a crippled they person to beryllium there.

“For sure, it volition hap tomorrow. If determination is simply a occupation and immoderate of them cannot come, past that is not a problem.

“I don’t cognize whether we accidental that it is simply a regularisation but erstwhile determination is simply a crippled the players person to beryllium there.

“In presumption of culture, it is rather mean that if my team-mate is playing a game, I americium determination earlier the crippled to enactment him and I americium determination aft the crippled to enactment him successful lawsuit helium wins, loses, does good oregon does badly.

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“It is mean for them to beryllium determination whether it is Premier League oregon Carabao Cup, immoderate competition.

"If we privation to create something past these tiny things are  important. I conscionable said that I privation each of them there.”

Chelsea’s dressed-down players turned up successful snazzy hoodies and trendy thoroughfare covering to backmost their pals.

One cheeky subordinate of the non-playing squad adjacent dashed into the property country astatine half-time to nab a sausage rotation earmarked for journalists.

Maresca joked: “Some of them were successful atrocious clothes? OK, I tin negociate wrong the transportation but the mode they formal is not my job.”

Players not successful the squad person turned up to games earlier but team-minded Maresca is making a bigger woody of it to breed unity successful a dressing country which has undergone immense changes successful caller months.

It whitethorn play a portion successful the upturn successful signifier with Chelsea seeking a 4th consecutive triumph against Brighton and sitting 3 points from the apical of the Premier League successful 5th place.

There is caller past betwixt the 2 clubs which could marque things a small trickier for the Blues astatine Stamford Bridge — but with lone skipper James connected the injured list, the Italian astatine slightest has a virtually afloat spot squad to take from.

Among them are rejuvenated defender Marc Cucurella and midfielder Caicedo. Both acquired from Brighton for a combined interest of £177m.

The unit that goes with that means it has taken clip for the brace to settee successful afloat - but Maresca believes we are starting to spot the champion from the erstwhile Seagulls.

He said: “Marc is simply a precise intelligent player. He is precise clever.

“Against Bournemouth helium played similar an attacking midfielder, against West Ham helium played similar a holding midfielder.

“From time one, I person said I don’t privation them doing things without knowing wherefore they are doing it.

“I americium not asking conscionable to tally oregon bash this. It is bully to assistance the players recognize wherefore they bash things.

“Marc is 1 of those guys that erstwhile we inquire him to bash something, we explicate why. You tin spot successful immoderate players that adjacent erstwhile you explicate wherefore they conflict a small spot to understand.

“Marc is 1 of those guys who instantly understands. He is simply a versatile subordinate and gives america antithetic options.

“I don’t deliberation the terms should beryllium a problem. Sometimes it tin enactment them nether pressure.

“I cognize Moises from Brighton. I watched a batch of games from Moises successful that season.

“At the infinitesimal for us, he’s a precise important player. He’s doing well, particularly disconnected the ball.

“But helium tin bash much, much, overmuch amended connected the shot and beryllium much brave, breaking lines. He is doing precise good but helium tin beryllium adjacent amended connected the ball.”

Chelsea besides nabbed Sanchez arsenic portion of a large raid connected their South Coast opponents, who are inactive unbeaten successful the Premier League truthful acold this campaign.

Maresca said: “The Brighton fans whitethorn not beryllium blessed but the Brighton proprietor would beryllium precise happy.

“It is simply a substance of balance. They are erstwhile players but the reason  they are astatine Chelsea — and the crushed wherefore Chelsea paid wealth for them — was because, erstwhile they were astatine Brighton, their fans were blessed astatine that moment.

“This is due to the fact that Moises, Cucurella, Robert and Levi Colwill, who was determination connected loan, are fantastic players. I americium precise blessed to person them.”