“I agree with it” – Wesley Fofana reveals how Enzo Maresca is managing him, “he protects me” | OneFootball

Wesley Fofana has revealed he’s still not back at full fitness, and is grateful for how Enzo Maresca is managing him.

Fofana is now in his fourth season at Chelsea, but injuries have disrupted the previous three, and he’s made just 41 appearances for the club.

The 24-year-old missed the entirety of the 2023/2024 season with an ACL injury, whilst he missed a large part of last season due to a hamstring injury.

Wesley Fofana opens up on getting back to full fitness

Fofana underwent hamstring surgery, but this season has been a different story and he’s been in every match day squad, other than the games he missed due to suffering a concussion against Lincoln in the Carabao Cup.

The former Leicester man has made seven appearances in all competitions, with five of those coming in the Premier League.

Maresca has revealed he’s managing Fofana carefully, but he started the last two league games alongside Trevoh Chalobah as the Blues recorded back to back clean sheets in the league for the first time since May.

Fofana has made seven appearances in all competitions this season. (Photo by Alex Pantling/Getty Images)

Fofana has revealed he’s still not back at full fitness, but stated he was grateful for the way Maresca has managed him.

“In football it’s hard to take your time because there is a game every three days, but he [Maresca] protects me and he pushes me in a good way,” he told Chelsea’s official website.

“I had hamstring surgery and you need to be careful when you come back. He doesn’t take risks with me because he wants, step by step, for me to be able to play every three days.”

Chelsea man wants to play every three days

Currently Fofana appears to be playing once a week to build his fitness back up, but he’s revealed what his target is.

“The target is to play every game; we need to carefully progress step by step towards that,” he added.

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“Also, he protects me because of the type of player I am: aggressive, fast, not scared to have duels on the pitch.

“I understand it, and it’s what I feel as well. I agree with it. The most important is to continue to progress.”