“I’m loving that partnership” – Former Chelsea assistant insists that recent team change can be for the best | OneFootball

With the international break in full swing, there’s a chance for Chelsea fans to get a little deeper into some of the debates that get lost during the hectic calendar of the season.

One big debate that’s coming to a head now is the question of who should play with the outstanding Moises Caicedo in midfield. There was a lot of enthusiasm to see Romeo Lavia with him, but since that move happened and Enzo Fernandez was dropped for the Belgian, there’s been a bit of a backlash and some pressure to get Enzo back in, with the logic being that the Argentine offers more creativity to the team.

On TalkSport’s Inside Chelsea they debated just this, with former Chelsea assistant Jody Morris putting himself firmly in the pro-Lavia/Caicedo camp.

You can see them speaking in the clip embedded here, with this quote coming after 18 minutes:

Morris backs more solid option in the middle

As Morris points out, while Enzo offers great passing, that’s not the only way this team should be able to create:

“I’m not sure [that a Caicedo-Lavia duo lacks creativity], I think it’s pretty early days to judge it as a partnership, as a whole, throughout the season. I certainly liked the earlier signs of those two together. I feel that Lavia offers a bit of steeliness… and there’s different ways of creating,” Morris explained.

“He carries it really well, a lot better than Enzo can. You maybe look at Enzo and think he can pick a pass, but there’s different ways in which you can break down presses and open up teams. At times against Liverpool, Lavia was carrying the ball past 3 or 4 players, and that’s another way of creating… I’m loving that partnership.”

We agree that it’s too soon and too simple to just say that a Lavia – Caicedo duo won’t offer enough in attack. If it creates a more solid platform for attacking players, that should be enough.