I’ll give Ruud an enormous hug

Enzo Maresca will give Ruud van Nistelrooy a “massive hug” forward of Chelsea’s recreation at Manchester United on Sunday.

Van Nistelrooy will proceed as interim head coach at United following affirmation earlier as we speak that new boss Ruben Amorim is not going to take up the reins at Previous Trafford till November 11.

The previous Netherlands worldwide’s second recreation in cost, following on from Wednesday’s 5-2 thrashing of Leicester Metropolis within the EFL Cup, is the weekend conflict with Chelsea and his former team-mate Maresca.

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The pair performed collectively for a season at Malaga and the Italian is trying ahead to catching up with Van Nistelrooy on the weekend.

He mentioned: “I didn’t converse with Ruud. I’ll give him an enormous hug on Sunday earlier than the sport. He’s a implausible man, humble, very skilled. 

“I shared with him time when he was already completed however even then you possibly can see how good he was.”

No difficulty with Fernandez

Chelsea head to Manchester having seen their momentum stall somewhat bit in latest weeks. They’ve gained simply two of their final 5 video games in all competitions and had been crushed 2-0 at Newcastle within the EFL Cup in midweek.

Argentine World Cup winner Enzo Fernandez began at St James’ Park however has been on the bench for Chelsea’s final two league video games.

Maresca denied there was any hidden motivation behind his resolution and said it was merely because of the power of the Blues’ squad.

“I present frustration with all of them, don’t look simply at Enzo. I nonetheless belief Enzo, there isn’t a motive on the earth I can lose confidence in him,” he added. “The explanation why he isn’t taking part in within the Premier League is as a result of I take one other resolution however my confidence is 100 per cent with Enzo.

“I prefer to say that we don’t have an A or B group. There are gamers which are implausible however we don’t have indispensable gamers. If Cole [Palmer] isn’t taking part in, we play Joao [Felix]. If Nico [Jackson] doesn’t play we play Christo [Nkunku]. There may be not one we will’t change.

“The explanation why we modify gamers is as a result of they’re all good. You might be in search of some completely different causes for Enzo however he’s going to play for positive sooner or later. It doesn’t imply Romeo [Lavia] and Moises [Caicedo] are all the time going to play. As quickly as certainly one of them drops [his level], for positive we’re going to change.”

Maresca hoping to put on United down

Maresca is hoping his possession-heavy philosophy will reap rewards at Previous Trafford.

He mentioned: “We rating many objectives within the second half. It occurred once I was at Leicester. Within the first half we contact, contact, contact – [the opposition] run, run, run.

“They will’t preserve that for 90 minutes so the final half an hour they begin to drop and that is the second we create extra probabilities and rating objectives.”