28/10/2025
🚨BREAKING Full Enzo Maresca pre- Wolves press conference:
Delap return
"Yes, he took part in a complete session yesterday and he is available for tomorrow. 90 minutes?; no, he's been out for two months so he needs to be gradually back to 100%."
First-choice centre-back pairing?:
"The reason why we are trying to spread minutes is because we need to manage players like Wes Fofana, Benoit Badiashile. We have Tosin who had a problem this season. We are trying to rotate a little bit."
Changes?:
"The reason why is we need to rotate, we need to protect players. If we go with the same XI, we will struggle through the season. We are probably going to make some changes, I don't know how many, but we will make changes. I don't know if it's going to be nine or 10 like with Forest and Ajax, but for sure we will need to make some."
Joao Pedro, Fernandez and Caicedo:
"They are probably players that need to be protected. Probably tomorrow. We will see. Enzo, Moi and Joao, they are all different players for different reasons we need to protect them."
Set-piece goals:
"We also concede from set-pieces, so do Arsenal. You are going to score goals from set-pieces and concede goals from set-pieces. It's good news that after Arsenal we are the team with the most goals. At this moment, we have the team with the most goals in the Premier League, so that means that we score goals."
Spreading the goals around:
"Absolutely, yes. We said many times that the five players at the front, we need six, seven, eight or nine goals each."
Joao Pedro goal drought:
"For sure, the physical part is important. When you are not 100%, it is difficult to compete in this league. Joao is not a problem at all, he is going to score goals for us, give us assists. Joao Pedro is not a No.9 who is going to score 20 goals a season. He is a fantastic player, but he is a different type of No.9 that scores 20 or 25 goals each year, like Lewandowski, Mbappe and Haaland."
Neto to face Wolves:
"He is top. He's very humble, he works hard. He is a very important player for us. We are very happy with Pedro. He needs to always be 100%, because the moment when you drop physically or mentally in this league, it is complicated."
Carabao Cup importance:
"Three games from the final, we need to have the desire to play for that. We need to go game by game. The first one is Wolves tomorrow and hopefully we can win the game and move on to the next one."
Chelsea being a cup team:
"I don't know. I try to focus game by game, no matter which competition it is and go as far as we can. I think for Chelsea, all the competitions are important. Chelsea has to try and win games, try to win competitions. For me, personally, I think all of the competitions are important."
