Chelsea supervisor Enzo Maresca says he’s proud of how the winter switch window labored out, regardless of dropping strikers Nicolas Jackson and Marc Guiu to damage.
Each strikers got here off injured within the 2-1 win at house to West Ham on Monday, however Jackson’s damage is “higher” than his deputy Guiu’s, which is described as “dangerous” and that he may very well be out for “weeks or months”.
Jackson stays uncertain for the membership’s journey to Brighton within the FA Cup fourth spherical on Saturday with a hamstring downside.
Maersca additionally stated he had “no regrets” that Chelsea did not signal an attacker in January, having been linked with Manchester United’s Alejandro Garnacho, now-Tottenham ahead Mathys Tel and Borussia Dortmund’s Jamie Bynoe-Gittens.
“I stated after the West Ham sport that the issues that we deliberate by way of gamers that had the will to depart and the gamers that we’d like,” stated Maresca.
“In the long run, I feel we did the entire issues we would have liked. Earlier than the final sport, we had two strikers, Nico and Marc.
“Typically we adapt additionally Christo [Nkunku] there, however in case each of them are out, we’re going to discover a totally different answer.”
Chelsea let six gamers go away in January. Joao Felix, Ben Chilwell, Axel Disasi, Renato Veiga, Cesare Casadei and Carney Chukwuemeka had been all allowed to depart, with midfielder Mathis Amougou, 19, from St Etienne, the membership’s solely new signing final month.
In the meantime, winger Mykhailo Mudryk is underneath a provisional suspension over allegedly taking a banned performance-enhancing substance.
When requested about Felix’s mortgage transfer to AC Milan after becoming a member of the membership simply six months early, Maresca added: “We determined, all collectively, that it was a very good possibility for him to depart.
“To be trustworthy, he by no means complained. He has been superb with us, skilled, only a matter of my determination.
“The explanation why is as a result of I feel we’d like defensive steadiness and when you’ve gotten so many attacking gamers, generally you possibly can concede transitions and objectives. I do not like that.”
Maresca additionally stated Christopher Nkunku, who had been linked with a January transfer to Manchester United, will get extra minutes.
“Sure, for certain, for certain,” he added. “I spoke already final week about Christo.
“In opposition to West Ham, he performed already kind of half an hour. To any extent further, he can hopefully get some extra minutes and assist us.”
