Enzo Maresca explains why £106m Chelsea star has lost his place in the team

Enzo Maresca insists helium ‘still trusts’ Chelsea prima Enzo Maresca aft explaining wherefore helium has dropped the Argentina planetary from his regular Premier League starting XI.

Fernandez began the play arsenic a cardinal subordinate nether the caller Blues boss, captaining the broadside arsenic helium started six of their opening 7 games, missing the 1-0 triumph implicit Bournemouth done illness.

The Argentina international, a £106million signing from Benfica, was named among the subs successful against Liverpool and Newcastle United nevertheless with his lone starts successful caller weeks coming successful the Europa Conference League and Carabao Cup.

With a immense squad to enactment with, Maresca has regularly changed his full squad for cupful and European games having settled connected a regular Premier League XI.

Since returning from a hamstring injury, Romeo Lavia has been portion of that, partnering Moises Caicedo successful midfield.

‘First of all, it’s a substance of balance,’ Enzo told a property league connected Friday, explaining his caller midfield partnership.

‘In this moment, Romeo and Moises springiness america physicality and spot successful the middle. This is the crushed wherefore we recovered the enactment with Malo [Gusto] successful the pocket.’

Maresca insisted helium does not respect players arsenic being successful his ‘A oregon B team’ and was adamant Fernandez is simply a cardinal portion of his plans moving forward.

‘I amusement vexation with Enzo? I amusement vexation volition each of them,’ Maresca said.

‘I don’t lone look astatine Enzo. I inactive spot Enzo. There is not immoderate crushed I tin suffer assurance successful him. The crushed helium is not playing successful the Premier League is due to the fact that I instrumentality different determination but I person 100% assurance successful him.

‘I similar to accidental that we don’t person an A squad oregon B team. There are players that are fantastic players, but for me, we don’t person indispensable players. If Cole [Palmer] is not playing, we are playing Joao [Felix] and if Nico [Jackson] isn’t playing, we are playing Christo [Christopher Nkunku].

‘The crushed wherefore we alteration players is due to the fact that each of them are good. Some of them are amended than the remainder but it doesn’t mean they are ever the ones that are going to play.

‘You are looking for immoderate antithetic reasons for Enzo, but it’s simple: helium is not playing astatine the infinitesimal but we person truthful galore games successful the aboriginal truthful it does not mean helium is not going to play.’

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