It is fair to say that Chelsea In recent weeks they have met with rocky waters Enzo MarescaThe side has suffered three defeats in the last four matches in all competitions.
Blues lost twice to Brighton & Hove Albion, once in Premier league And once in FA Cup, and Manchester City beat 3-1 in a top flight.
The 2-1 victory over West Ham United at Stamford Bridge on Rock Day in early February is their only positive result from their victory over Wolves on January 20th.
London giants have already been thrown out of the FA Cup and League Cup as they pass in their pushes for the best four endings as they sit in sixth place in the Premier League.
Maresca could be tempted to encourage the board to bring more new recruits to the summer transfer to enhance its squad, to compete in all competitions in the 2025/26 campaign.
However, Chelsea has many young talents on loan that could return to Stamford Bridge to add the options for managers next season, including Ecuador International Kendry Paez.
Why could Kendry Paez be an option for Chelsea next season
Reported to Fabrizio Romano On Monday, a 17-year-old attacking midfielder arrived at Cobham to start his transition to life in Chelsea and in England, on the eve of his move to the club in the summer.
Young Dinamo is unable to officially complete their move, for Reported fee of £ 16.6 millionUntil his 18th birthday in May, but he started preparing for when he was a completely military member of the team.
Paez is a versatile striker, who can play either on a side or as an offensive midfielder, and could have ambition to fight for a first -team player at Chelsea for a 2025/26 campaign.
Currently playing for Independiente in Ecuador and collect 13 goals and six assists In 70 games on the first team for the club to date, which shows that it has the potential to offer a decent threat to the goal.
However, Paez did not play local football outside Ecuador, which means that he has not yet proven himself in Europe, so it remains to be seen if he will be able to take a step up to the Premier League next season.
Maresca, however, has another star on loan that could return to Stamford Bridge in the summer and be fired as an even bigger talent than Paez, in the form of Andrey Santos.
Andrey Santos form for Strasbourg
At the beginning of 2023. Chelsea ran to sign a central midfielder from the Brazilian side Vasco da Gama for a Reported fee of £ 18 millionAgain join the club on loan by the end of the 2022/23 campaign.
Santos then went on loan to Nottingham Forest in the first half of last season, making Just one look In the Premier League, before being signed for Strasbourg on loan in France before in January last year.
The Brazilian internationary spent the last 13 months or approximately on loan with Ligue 1 and gained a glance at his performances in the middle of the park in the Grand Europa League.
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24/25 Ligue 1 |
Andrey Santos |
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Performances |
21 |
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Goals |
7 |
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Great chances created |
7 |
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Ortika + interceptions by game |
4.5 |
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The success rate of the duel |
66% |
As you can see in the table above, Santos has shown his ability to push himself forward from the middle of the field to make things happen at the upper end of the field for French clothes.
The Brazilian starlet also has mobility and physicality to consistently win the ball for his team with struggle and intercepting, while he rarely loses physical battle with opposition players.
Santos, therefore, consistently proved himself in the Grand Europa League, because he was there for more than a year, and that is why he could be an even bigger talent than Paez, who has yet to play a match in Europe, for Chelsea next season.
What could Andrey Santos bring to Chelsea next season
As mentioned above, the Brazilian international is the central midfielder and this means that he will compete for the place in the middle of the park under Marec for the next term.
Young talent will have to see competition like Romeo Lavia, Kierernan Dewsbury-Hall, Moises Caicedo and Enzo Fernandez to secure a place in the initial XI for the 2025/26 campaign.
His performances in Ligue 1 for Strasbourg in the past 365 days suggest that the potential is there to be the most interesting player of the main coach of the next term.
Andrey Santos vs Moises Caicedo
Andrey Santos Vs Enzo Fernandez
As you can see on the upper scales, Santos provides a combination of what Caicedo and Fernandez offer in the middle of the field, as it combines as a threat as a scorer and creator of goals with dominant defensive work for its side.
A 20-year-old starlet, once described as “War machine with one man“From the scouts, the talent Jacek Kulig, he could enter the best from both worlds and provide Maresci well -rounded midfielder.
At the age of 20, he is also three years younger than Caicedo and four years younger than Fernandez, which means that he has a long time left ahead of him to develop and improve with more experience at the highest level.
Santos, given his form in Ligue 1, could come as an immediate starting option for Marescu, with the skill to play with Caicedo or Fernandez, while Paez is yet to prove in Europe and remains to be seen whether or be or be To see if he will be to see if he or she will be to see whether or to see or to see whether or to see whether or to see if or to see if or to see whether or to see he will or be to see if or be to see if or be to see if or be to see whether or to see whether or to see if or to see if or to see if or not to do so will be a loan or two before appearing as an option for the first chelsea team.
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For now, Blues fans should follow how Santos works for Strasbourg in the second half of this season, as he could be like a new signing for Chelsea for the next term.
