Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca insists there’s no need to panic-buy after a hamstring injury suffered by Liam Delap during victory over Fulham.
Chelsea won 2-0, though Maresca confirmed afterwards Delap had suffered a major setback.
He said, “Liam’s injury doesn’t look good in terms of, he was full speed, hamstring, so that required, like always, weeks. And then in terms of another striker, to be honest, we just finished the game from the changing room and came here for the press conference, so now after, when we finish, we’re going to sit and we’ll see if we take any decision. That’s all.”
Asked if having two strikers will be enough, with Nicolas Jackson now signing for Bayern Munich, Maresca was confident.
He continued: “When you have two strikers, it’s enough. When one of them is injured for different weeks, probably it’s not enough. Today we played more than one hour with Tyrique (George), and he did brilliant. The last game he played as a No.9 was Man United at home last year.
“Again, we try to use a different solution. If you remember last year, we used Pedro (Neto) in some games as a No.9. It’s because we are always looking for a solution, but for sure when you have two proper No.9s, it’s enough.”
Maresca was also asked if Chelsea should cancel Jackson’s loan, but he insisted: “I just said, finish the game, come here, no idea. We’re going to sit now and we’ll see. Serious, honest, I don’t have any idea.”
