Why Chelsea is setting Enzo Maresca up for a failed season

Chelsea has made Enzo Maresca their latest manager as they look to grow and make the Blues one of the world’s top clubs again.

Since Todd Boehly and his partners bought the West London club, they have been using it as a testing ground for several ideas, some of which have been ridiculous.

During Roman Abramovich's time as the club’s owner, Chelsea fans watched their team sign some of the world’s best and most established players.

These individuals made it easy for them to win several trophies, including the Champions League, Europa League, and Premier League.

Abramovich had a clear plan of what he wanted to do with the London club and achieved it with some bold signings.

He also brought some of the world’s best managers to Stamford Bridge and ensured that the players were being groomed by capable hands.

It is safe to say Abramovich spoilt the fans who buy Chelsea tickets to watch their beloved team playing every game.

The Blues supporters were confident in every campaign that he would splash the cash to buy as many players as they needed, but not the way the current owners are doing it.

Chelsea’s recent approach makes it feel like they are a team that does not know what to do with the money they have.

The Blues have constantly spent on just youngsters, and most of them are only coming to the club with talent and hype, which might not be enough to make them successful in the Premier League.

If Enzo Maresca still has his job by the end of next season, it will be a miracle because he seems to have been given a job where everything is dictated to him.

He did well as Leicester City's manager in the Championship, but he would find out that managing a team to become successful in the Premier League is a different ball game.

Signing too many players

There is a joke on the street that everyone needs to watch how they walk because Chelsea might sign them.

The Blues have used a scattergun approach to signing players in the last year, and it does not seem like it will stop soon.

Maresca would be delighted that the owners are investing heavily in the group; however, he would certainly be concerned about the number of talents that he has to work with.

Chelsea has invested and continues to invest heavily in talents from South America, especially Brazil, as they want to ensure that they get the best youngsters before anyone else does.

The Blues now have more players than they need in their quest to sign the next Lionel Messi, Neymar, or Vinicius Junior.

The overcrowded group will have to fight for just 11 spots on the team in every game, which gives the manager extra work.

As they prepare for matches, several players will work hard enough to earn space on the team for games.

However, Maresca will only field 11 from the start and five more substitutes, and he must have an established team to find some consistency.

This means several players would be left on the bench, which could cause unrest in the dressing room.

The manager does not have a say in players being signed

Mauricio Pochettino did a good job at Chelsea last season and helped them to finish strongly, which should ideally earn him another season on their bench.

However, they sacked him at the end of the term and one key reason for that is because he wanted to have a say in the club’s transfer decisions.

It is the minimum a manager can ask because he trains the team and sets them up to win games, so he knows the players he needs for each role.

However, the Blues wanted a manager who would only make use of the players at his disposal and would not complain.

It seems clear that Maresca agreed to such a plan before landing the Chelsea manager job.

However, that would not end well for him because he might now have players who do not fit his style of play, but he has to force them to play a certain way.

Footballers can be notorious for refusing to follow managers’ instructions if it requires them not to play the way they love to play.

Not having a say in who the club signs never ends well, and it would be interesting to see how Maresca will fare next term.

Signing too many inexperienced players

One issue is Chelsea signing too many players, the bigger issue is probably the Blues spending money on too many inexperienced players.

A large percentage of the players that the Blues have signed recently are at the start of their careers.

The start of most players’ careers is exciting, but the percentage of those who go on to enjoy decent spells as footballers is not high.

We have seen several cases where players become poor when they leave the club that developed them too soon.

However, Chelsea has continued a campaign to snap up the most exciting youngsters worldwide.

This will leave them with a team of exciting but inexperienced players from next season, and you need experience to win trophies.

Talents can win matches and excite your fans, but when the chips are down, you need your experienced players to help the youngsters stay in the game and a title run-in.

Inexperience is increasingly the main reason teams fail to win trophies, and Chelsea’s focus on young players means it will take some time before they find success again.

He does not have enough experience

Apart from the club's signing of the youngsters, Chelsea’s decision to make Enzo Maresca their latest manager is also not the smartest.

The Italian has only managed a full season in England, and that was in the Championship, not the Premier League.

However, the Blues found him good enough to sign a long-term deal to lead them back to the promised land.

Chelsea fans have seen the world’s best managers coach their team, and now they will have to deal with an inexperienced boss on their bench.

The Premier League is cut-throat, and it would be cruel to Maresca in his first season on the Blues’ bench.

This is why he needs players ready to compete at the highest level against the biggest teams in the competition.

The Blues have taken a massive gamble on a manager who can still be a miss and not a hit, but Arsenal did the same for Mikel Arteta, and the appointment seemed to have worked well for them so far.

Conclusion

Maresca is starting one of the toughest jobs in Europe, and Chelsea’s approach does not seem helpful to him on paper.

However, we will soon know if he has made the right choice to take the job and if the club’s transfer style is good enough.