Enzo Maresca has dropped a major hint on Chelsea’s transfer activity for January and next summer as he eyes further signings.
It was another busy window for the Blues with several new faces coming in, the most high profile of which were Pedro Neto, Joao Felix and Jadon Sancho.
Chelsea failed to land a striker despite pursuing Victor Osimhen for most of the summer, but despite this the Blues sit eighth in the league with seven points from their first four games.
Maresca eyes further signings
The Blues have invested heavily and completely overhauled the squad since Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital took over the club just over two years ago.
In their first few windows Chelsea splashed the cash, with the club breaking the British transfer record twice on Enzo Fernandez and Moises Caicedo.
The club still spent money this summer, but not how they have done in previous windows and the theme of the summer very much seemed to be taking advantage of good opportunities in the market.
There’s no doubt Maresca has a hugely talented squad at his disposal with a plethora of options to choose from and the task facing him now is putting it all together.
However, despite the summer window just closing Maresca appears to be eyeing further signings as he dropped a hint on the club’s transfer activity for January and next summer.
“I think we are a very good squad but there are clubs like Man City and Arsenal that are ahead of us, no doubt,” he told The Athletic.
“Hopefully (if) we progress and (keep) improving, we can slowly, slowly be close to them, but I think it is quite clear that in this moment Arsenal and Man City are ahead of the rest.
“Like I have said, the reason why is one club is nine years with the same manager (Pep joined Man City in 2016), the other (Mikel Arteta at Arsenal) is five years, the rest of the clubs is a short time.
“The target after the last summer (window) is to try to do less things but more specific. This is the target for January and for next summer. Hopefully it can be like this.”