Enzo Maresca begs Chelsea to change transfer policy

Tom Weber

• Updated: 21 Sept 2024 11:16 BST
• 3 min read

Enzo Maresca has urged Chelsea to be more 'specific' with their transfers going forward.

The Blues are coming off yet another crazy summer. More than 10 players were signed while many an outcast was offloaded, including homegrown stars Conor Gallagher and Trevoh Chalobah.

Chelsea again spent lavishly but still failed to attain all of their business objectives. They failed to sell Ben Chilwell - who has now been reintegrated into Enzo Maresca's squad - and, more worryingly, they did not manage to secure any of their top striker targets.

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The Blues' start to life under Maresca has been mixed, with performances still leaving a lot to be desired with the exception of their 6-2 victory over Wolves.

Some of it might simply be down to the fact that all of these new players still have to find the right chemistry and come to grips with the Italian's system. Maresca, however, knows that this can't be the case after every summer window and he has now implored to reconsider their approach.

Maresca makes Chelsea demand

Speaking to the media ahead of Chelsea's game against West Ham, Maresca admitted that the Blues are still some way off the likes of Man City and Arsenal due to the lack of stability in recent seasons. Moreover, he told club chiefs to tone it down with the scattershot recruitment.

“I think we are a very good squad but there are clubs like Manchester City and Arsenal that are ahead of us, no doubt. Hopefully [if] we progress and [keep] improving, we can slowly, slowly be close to them. But I think it is quite clear that in this moment Arsenal and Manchester City are ahead of the rest.

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“Like I have said, the reason why is one club [Man City] is nine years with the same manager [Pep Guardiola], the other [Mikel Arteta at Arsenal] is five years. The rest of the clubs…is a short time.

“The target after the last summer is to try to do less things but more specific. This is the target for January and for next summer. Hopefully, it can be like this.”