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·28 January 2026
Liam Rosenior plans for Napoli clash – Cole Palmer, midfield setup and Malo Gusto all questioned

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·28 January 2026

Chelsea are in good form under Liam Rosenior right now, and got a 3-0 win on Sunday against Crystal Palace.
So would you keep the same team for tonight’s massive clash in the Champions League with Napoli? And if you would change it, who would you change?
That’s exactly what they just debated on the London is Blue podcast.

Napoli fans in the Diego Armando Maradona. (Photo by Francesco Pecoraro/Getty Images)
“Maybe I would switch out Pedro Neto [from the team that beat Crystal Palace] for Alejandro Garnacho on the left wing. If you think that Liam Delap will be able to play on the counter against Napoli then maybe he’s in there, but Joao Pedro has been scoring recently anyway so I wouldn’t be upset on that one either way,” presenter Nick Verlaney said.
“I think Estevao has to play, I think the midfield three is pretty much there, unless you want to rotate Reece James into the midfield and maybe bring Malo Gusto into the team as cover at right back.”
Their analyst CFC Central added more colour.
“I think it’s a good thing that we’ve got some practice against a 3421 because that’s what Napoli are going to roll with. Hopefully we can cross our fingers that we can get Cole Palmer in for maybe a little bit of a cameo off the bench because that would be great.”
You can see them speaking about the game in the clip embedded here:
Off the pitch, today was a big day for Chelsea as they finally shifted Raheem Sterling by reaching a deal to terminate his contract.
Meanwhile, our predicted team for this game is here, with a lot of similar ideas in it to those had by the London is Blue boys.








































