Maresca could push Chelsea to sign ANOTHER Leicester star

Jacque Talbot

• Updated: 21 Jul 2024 15:51 BST
• 3 min read

Chelsea are in the market for a new goalkeeper this summer and Enzo Maresca is believed to be a huge admirer of Leicester’s Mads Hermansen.

The Daily Mail's Midlands correspondent Tom Collomosse states that the Dane is valued at around £45million and that Maresca is a “big admirer” of a player who played a key role in helping the Foxes to the Championship title under him last season.

The same report caveats the interest by saying it is “unclear whether admiration will develop into anything more solid”.

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Hermansen is a ball-playing goalkeeper known to be well-suited to Maresca’s style of play, making 44 appearances under the coach last season.

A move would mark the second high-profile purchase Chelsea have made from Leicester while Maresca as their head coach, with Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall joining the club earlier this window for €35.4 million.

The story ties in with FootballTransfers’ exclusive from earlier this week where we reported that Maresca forced the change in transfer strategy to get a new goalkeeper.

After offering Djorje Petrovic to Italian club Genoa and reviewing Robert Sanchez, Maresca has now asked the board to bring in a fresh name.

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We were told that Chelsea had decided to leave the position for the next window at least, but in recent days their new head coach, having overlooked training, has requested that a new goalkeeper be brought in.

Sanchez spent much of last season injured and is expected to remain as Chelsea prepare to make moves in the transfer market.

The Blues have been training to play in a similar set-up to Maresca's previous club Leicester City. The Foxes played with a full-back moving into midfield, and two attacking central midfielders pushing forwards into attack.