Viral, There Are 45 Chelsea Players In The Team, Enzo Maresca Even Dizzy With The Defense Sector

Some Chelsea players who have a very fat squad. (X/@ChelseaFC)

JAKARTA - Chelsea list 45 players on the Wikipedia page. Chelsea's fat squad immediately went viral. Moreover, Enzo Maresca's manager even dizzy with the team's defense sector which was very fragile during the pre-season tour.

Chelsea, since being taken over by the US military duo, Todd Boehly and Behdad Egbali, in 2022 have not stopped buying players. Over the past two years, both of them have spent more than 1 billion pounds or not less than 20.3 trillion rupiah just to buy players.

Apart from signing players, the club brought academy alumni. Be a young player mingling with star players. As a result, 45 players were listed on the Wikipedia page. There were even players, including striker Romelu Lukaku and Kepa goalkeeper Arrizabalaga, who did not receive a back number.

No wonder the exercise, the atmosphere of the Chelsea team is like the Football School (SSB) so many players. Chelsea's very fat squad immediately went viral. Various comments from netizens were milling about responding to the Blues squad.

"I heard they [Chelsea] are building a two-story dressing room," said a netizen.

Another commented, "The number of players will continue to grow. Bad news for some players because they won't have many game flying hours."

"Did they know that football is not American football?" said another netizen.

The netizen satirized the owner from the US. Because in American football, a team usually consists of two, namely the defense and attacking team. This makes the American football squad indeed fat when compared to the football team.

However, the number of players will indeed decrease because Chelsea will soon sell some players. Midfielder Conor Gallagher will move to Atletico Madrid. However, after selling Gallagher, Chelsea still bought players. The plan, the Blues brought Samu Omorodion from Atletico.

Furthermore, Chelsea will release Lukaku to Napoli. But Napoli will borrow the striker who last season was borrowed by AS Roma.

Despite having a very fat squad, Enzo Maresca's manager has not yet got the best composition of players. Even the back sector is still a problem. Of the five matches on the pre-season tour, Chelsea's goal conceded up to 12 goals. According to Maresca, the sector is an old Chelsea problem. Even the back line was not solid during the trial. Finally, Chelsea conceded two goals in a 2-1 loss against Real Madrid.

"One of my first meetings with the squad, we discussed the goal for the team that conceded many goals. This is in the spotlight. This problem is what I am fixing," Maresca told Evening Standard.

"We hope that this problem will be resolved quickly. For offensive games, the pattern already exists. We are able to create many opportunities. The problem is in defense. When it comes to defense, I don't say the back line alone but overall, namely all players," he said.

Chelsea closed the pre-season tour with a trial against Inter Milan, Sunday, August 11, 2024 evening WIB. The match was held at Chelsea home at Stamford Bridge Stadium.

Furthermore, when starting the English Premier League competition, Chelsea immediately met tough opponents and defending champions Manchester City. Chelsea acted as the host in the match which was held on Sunday, August 18, 2024.