Why Maresca fears Joao Felix isn't ready for Chelsea start

Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca said latest signing Joao Felix is not ready to play until he learns the Blues' style

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00:00In terms of knowing the way we want to play, probably not yet. In terms of physicality,

00:06I think he's ready because he was already playing games there. So it's just to understand

00:10if he needs more time to understand the way we want to play. But overall, I think he can

00:17play. For me, he can do that fantastic, dropping and give us extra men when we need more passes,

00:24more possession, and then to find the right moment to attack. I think he can do that very

00:29good. He can play as an attacking midfielder. If we need, he can play also outside. He can

00:35play in different positions.

00:37Potentially, he's a top player, no doubt. Now, I've known Joao for many, many years.

00:45For sure now, working with him day by day, I will know him even better. As I said, it's

00:51a little bit like Mischa. I think we're going to try to help them to improve and to see

00:57if they can give one step forward to reach that kind of level for those players.