“I can’t just understand why Enzo Maresca is benching such amazing player, they won’t go anywhere if he keeps benching him…At times, I wondered if he really learned anything from me”: Pep Guardiola slams Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca for benching ONE player who’s one of the best in Premier League

It is difficult to be overly critical of Chelsea’s performance since Enzo Maresca’s arrival, as they are currently third in the rankings and are performing significantly better than they were at the same point last year.

However, has our success been the result of our summer relocations, rather than in defiance of them?

Omari Kellyman, Joao Felix, Jadon Sancho, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Marc Guiu, Tosin Adarabioyo, and Pedro Neto were the players who arrived during the summer.

Neto was the sole member of that crew to commence operations on Sunday. In reality, he is the sole individual who is even marginally near to achieving first team minutes at this time.

Currently, the situation is satisfactory, as all parties are under the impression that they have a chance to force their way in. However, David Hytner of the Guardian observed Joao Felix exhibiting frustration upon realising that he would not be able to play against Arsenal. After playing for two minutes, Christopher Nkunku is being linked to potential departures.

There is a possibility that dissent will resurface, and the return of a mardy dressing room is a possibility due to the insufficient number of league minutes. It is a complete waste of money and academy talent to have superstars purchased this summer face 7-year-old Armenian teams, and smaller competitions will only satiate huge names for a limited time.

Maresca’s squad balancing act is expected to become increasingly challenging.

Therefore, what will be the final perspective on this window? The team’s promising start to the season serves as a minor diversion from the fact that it was, for the most part, quite calamitous.

The squad that is currently thriving is composed almost exclusively of players who arrived prior to the summer. The players who have been added are merely appearing on the “B team” that competes in the Conference League. In all honesty, we would have been the champions of that competition if we had simply utilised the academy players and spare first-teamers that we already had on hand.

It is possible that we would have been more successful if the funds allocated to three or four players this summer had been allocated to a single elite striker, custodian or central defender, as numerous individuals have noted.