{"id":1368987,"date":"2024-11-22T11:58:30","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T11:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1368987"},"modified":"2024-11-23T12:26:20","modified_gmt":"2024-11-23T12:26:20","slug":"enzo-maresca-chelsea-target-felix-palmer","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/enzo-maresca-chelsea-target-felix-palmer\/","title":{"rendered":"Enzo Maresca sets himself “target” to create experimental Chelsea partnership with No.10 duo"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Enzo Maresca era at Chelsea<\/a> so far can only be described as a major success.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It’s very early days yet, but sitting third in the table and second only to Manchester City<\/a> (22) for goals scored (21), there is optimism building among supporters that the Italian can return the Blues as a genuine Premier League<\/a> force.<\/p>\n

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Cole Palmer has once again spearheaded Chelsea’s efforts, notching seven goals and five assists in 11 Premier League appearances so far.<\/p>\n

Led by the England international’s creativity and dynamism, Chelsea are second in the Premier League for take-ons completed (107) and third for progressive carries (244), while running up emphatic wins such as 6-2 and 3-0 away at Wolves<\/a> and West Ham<\/a> and 4-2 at home to Brighton<\/a> — as well as pushing Liverpool<\/a> all the way in a narrow 2-1 defeat at Anfield.<\/p>\n

It really couldn’t get much more exciting for Chelsea, could it? Well, perhaps it could, with Maresca now declaring that forming a deadly No.10 partnership between Palmer and Joao Felix could be a realistic aim.<\/p>\n

“Yeah, this could be a target for the future; to see both of them playing together,” Maresca said in a recent press conference, adding: “International break is good, first of all for the ones that don’t go with their international teams so they can recover and for the ones that do go, some of them, like Joao, did fantastic. But Joao is doing well with us since day one.”<\/p>\n

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