Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca sends brutal parting shot to Joao Felix after the Blues’ £46m outcast escaped on loan to AC Milan

Enzo Maresca insists Chelsea do not miss Joao Felix following the ahead’s transfer to AC Milan. 

Felix rejoined the Blues final summer season from Atletico Madrid for £46million following a short mortgage stint in 2023. 

Nevertheless, the Portugal worldwide was largely performed within the Convention and began simply three Premier League matches, with seven targets in 20 appearances throughout all competitors. 

Felix joined Milan on mortgage for the rest of the season on deadline day of the January switch window and scored on his debut because the Italian giants beat Roma 3-1 within the Coppa Italia. 

He additionally began in Saturday’s win over Empoli, whereas Chelsea had been knocked out of the FA Cup within the fourth spherical after a 2-1 defeat by Brighton. 

Regardless of the loss, Maresca insists it was the correct choice to let Felix depart. 

He mentioned: ‘I do not suppose we miss Joao. Joao is blissful there and we’re blissful Joao is blissful there. We had two striker accidents on deadline day, it’s one thing troublesome to suppose. Nico [Jackson] might be again very quickly.  

‘Generally I believe it’s good to play some video games with out gamers to grasp how vital they’re. Off the ball, his [Jackson] urgent is all the time excellent and on the ball he’s a risk all the time.’

The defeat on the Amex ensured Chelsea are actually out of each home cup competitions and the Italian desires his aspect to provide their all within the Premier League and convention league. 

‘We began excellent, managed and created some possibilities. The second-half kind of occurred the identical. If there’s something good after a defeat is now we might be targeted on the Premier League and Convention,’ Maresca added.

‘It’s for positive a disgrace. Little question. It’s a troublesome competitors. For positive, it’s a massive disgrace for us. For me, a great season is seeing the group bettering recreation after recreation; undergo dangerous moments, issue, it’s the solely means this membership can compete for one thing vital. 

‘After we concede the second aim, we had three or 4 possibilities to attain so the response was there. Each recreation is completely different. When it comes to response, after the second aim we concede, the response was there.

‘For me, for positive, we have to discover ways to win video games 1-0. Little question. The identical means, the final recreation towards West Ham, we had been dropping 1-0 after which we gained 2-1. When it comes to the group, we have to discover ways to win 1-0. Massive golf equipment try this.’