Enzo Maresca and the club need to have crucial player conversations and make decisions about their futures now that the crucial transfer windows in Europe and Saudi Arabia are closed, so that a good start to the season can continue even beyond January, when the transfer rumor ghost will reappear.
With players adjusting to the style and confidence that comes with it, the team appears to be getting more and more comfortable. Surely, Enzo needs to build on these results and have faith in the first team he has worked so hard to create.
The international careers of Wilfred Ndidi and Jannik Vestergaard are both on the upswing (for Ndidi) and downswing (for Vestergaard). Although Jannik Vestergaard possesses unique abilities, he should play alongside teammates who strengthen his position and area rather than the contrary.
It creates a great first impression for Enzo to win 4-1 away while Kelechi Iheanacho, Patson Daka, Conor Coady, and Wout Faes are on the bench.
Ndidi, the Nigerian captain who has returned from international duty, demonstrates how versatile players can be by playing in a four-man midfield with Kelechi Iheanacho on the wing.
If he keeps up his great development, Jannik Vestergaard will rejoin the Denmark team very soon, and everyone needs to be aware that players who play consistently raise the bar.
We were surprised to learn in the summer that Patson Daka, Kelechi Iheanacho, Jannik Vestergaard, and Wilfred Ndidi were still members of the team. Hopefully, this will hold true at least until the season and that rumors of sales in January will be unfounded because the group is required for the team’s future.
A return to the Premier League shouldn’t require a complete overhaul for those who think you can simply go out and replace players of such caliber with others.
