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·22. August 2025
“The game plan we have” – Enzo Maresca hints at rotation in one key position

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·22. August 2025
Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca has hinted at a big rotation move between his players in one key position ahead of West Ham.
Chelsea are playing West Ham tonight in their next Premier League game after drawing the opener 0-0 against Crystal Palace at Stamford Bridge at the weekend.
Maresca has been speaking to the media ahead of the game in his press conference yesterday, and there was one topic of Wesley Fofana that he mentioned after the defender deleted all of his Chelsea content from his Instagram account.
And The Blues boss also told two of his players, Nicolas Jackson and Christopher Nkunku, that it will be best for both of them if they find new clubs to join in the remaining days of this summer’s transfer window.
Maresca was also taking questions on the West Ham game tonight and many other subjects as well, one of which was his striker options, Liam Delap and Joao Pedro.
Liam Delap enters for Joao Pedro. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)
The Italian coach has hinted at some rotation between his two strikers depending on the opposition he is facing.
“Joao [Pedro] probably in the small space gives us more than Liam [Delap]. Liam probably gives us a bit more in terms of physicality and runs in behind. It depends on the game plan we have.”
I’d very much like to see them both playing together starting in the same team – Pedro can play in behind in one of the attacking positions and Delap can play as the main 9 up top.
I think this would work best for us and Delap needs to be starting games because he is such a problem for centre backs.