Cole Palmer is fit to start for Chelsea at Wolves in the Premier League today.
Joao Felix is on the bench.,
Felix joined Chelsea on Wednesday afternoon, arriving from Atletico Madrid for a fee in the region of £45million. The forward was signed too late to be involved in Chelsea’s Conference League play-off against Servette on Thursday, which they won 2-0, but he could play today.
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“If he is available, for sure he can get chances to play,” said Maresca.
Pressed if he thought Felix was ready to go straight into action, Maresca said: “In terms of knowing the way we want to play, probably not yet.
“In terms of physicality, I think he is ready because he was already playing games there [at Atletico Madrid]. So it is just to understand if he needs more time to understand the way we want to play, but overall I think he can play.”
Goalkeeper Robert Sanchez is set to regain his place after Maresca confirmed he would play league matches this season and Filip Jorgensen would start cup games.
Wesley Fofana returns in the heart of defence after missing Thursday’s game because he is being eased back into action after a long time out.
Starting Chelsea XI: Sanchez; Gusto, Fofana, Colwill, Cucurella; Enzo, Caicedo; Madueke, Palmer, Mudryk; Jackson
Subs: Jorgensen, Tosin, Badiashile, Veiga, Dewsbury-Hall, Neto, Nkunku, Felix, Guiu
Time and date: 2pm BST today on Sunday, August 25, 2024
TV channel: Sky Sports
