Big favorite in the Conference League this season, Chelsea have made a strong choice for the league phase. Cole Palmer, Wesley Fofana and Romeo Lavia, potential starters in the Premier League, have all three been left out of the list unveiled this Thursday by the club. A move that aims to preserve its players, in a league phase that should, a priori, not pose any difficulties for them.
The best player in the Blues squad since last season, Cole Palmer (22 years old) seems to have been sidelined to keep some respite. The cases of Wesley Fofana and Romeo Lavia are certainly more related to injury management, since both players were sidelined almost all of last season for this reason. The 20-year-old Belgian is currently convalescing. In the event of qualification for the rest of the tournament, this should not prevent them from being added to the list during the elimination stages, depending on Chelsea’s decision.
With four competitions to play this season, in addition to the new format of the Club World Cup this summer, the Blues are preparing to play a particularly rhythmic exercise, like many European clubs. Adding in the breaks played by the internationals, the question of the overload of the calendar risks once again coming to the forefront.
