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´There are not so many players´ - Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca outlines how he plans to use raft of attacking players amid criticism of transfer strategy

Enzo Maresca insisted that Chelsea do not have "many players" and went on to reveal the preferred position of each of his forwards.

WHAT MARESCA SAID

Speaking ahead of Chelsea´s clash with West Ham, Maresca clarified: "As left-wingers, we have Jadon and Misha [Mudryk]. As right-wingers, we have Noni and Pedro. As attacking midfielders, we have Joao Felix and Cole. As a No9, we have Nicolas, Christo [Nkunku] and Marc. We do not have so many players, we have two players for each position."

He added: "Christo can play as a No.9 or as an attacking midfielder and a winger. Kiernan [Dewsbury-Hall] can play in the pocket and wide. Pedro was playing as a left-winger because Jadon wasn’t here and fit and, between Misha, Pedro and Jadon, I preferred Pedro for that one game... but that doesn’t mean always I will prefer Pedro. So the squad is quite clear in terms of positions. All of them have their position and we have two players in each position. But because they are versatile, good and can play in different positions, for sure we can move them. For example, Christo played the first game against Manchester City as a winger."

No player has won more duels in a Premier League game this season than Moises Caicedo vs West Ham (13).

He also made eight tackles, the joint most by a Chelsea player in a PL game since Marcos Alonso in March 2019 (9).