Confirmed Chelsea Team News vs Leeds United: Maresca: “I would like to start him” | OneFootball

Enzo Maresca says there is one of his players he would like to start as he delivers the confirmed Chelsea team news for Leeds.

We are off the back of our draw against Arsenal on Sunday evening but already we have another league game to play tomorrow night against Leeds United.

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Opta has already predicted that Chelsea will go to Leeds tomorrow night and come away with all three points but as we know, there is no easy game in this division.

Chelsea will be going there with real confidence and momentum though after some good form and performances in recent games, especially the 3-0 win against Barcelona in the Champions League last week, a game they actually did win with ease.

Leeds are going through a rough time back in the Premier League and they have a manager who is under immense pressure. So for me, it feels like a good time to face them.

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Dario Essugo in action for Chelsea against Bayer Leverkusen. (Photo by Eddie Keogh/Getty Images)

In words picked up by SPTC, Maresca said on Chelsea’s team news for Leeds:

“Yeah, everyone is fine. Romeo [Lavia] is still trying to recover. Dario [Essugo], he was okay to start some sessions with us. Now he needs to slow down a little bit, so he will be out again. Hopefully nothing important. And the rest, they are all fine.”

Palmer could start but James unlikely to

On whether Reece James will start, Maresca replied:

“It’s complicated. I would like to start him, but we need to do the right thing.”

And on Cole Palmer’s availability, he said:

“He is available. The last game he was on the bench for sure with the players was more complicated for Cole because now he needs to come back in terms of fitness condition. He is available, he can start the game. The idea of the game is to start giving minutes until he can play 90 minutes.”