31. Cesare Casadei

[DDA 9,690]

16 minutes ago, lucio said:

Galladog getting sold for peanuts and Cesare gonna ball , you love to see it 

Mate, I'm gassed. Seriously, soo happy to see this decision being made. Casadei was balling in pre-season and he looks even better having played at Leicester.

[lucio 5,418]

7 minutes ago, DDA said:

Mate, I'm gassed. Seriously, soo happy to see this decision being made. Casadei was balling in pre-season and he looks even better having played at Leicester.

He looks quite technical and aggressive so he could definitely be useful 

[nyikolajevics 2,587]

On 18/01/2024 at 03:14, DDA said:

I don't care what anyone says.. this lad is going to have a fantastic career. Something special about him. We must keep him with us, for me, he has to be considered for the main squad next season. We will regret it if we don't start using him. He has KDB vibes.

 

Video is impressive, but we have so many midfielders who played wonderful for other teams.. There are great Moises Caicedo highlights around.. 

 

Hope he can do this for Chelsea aswell.

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Uploaded 9 days ago on that's football. Mark Goldbridge's channel.

50 shot challenge with kelechi and casadei.

video length - 8:02

 

Edited January 19 by KEVINAA

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Maresca’s comments about Casadei show he’s ready to reinvent midfielder

https://Chelsea.news/2024/10/marescas-comments-about-casadei-show-hes-ready-to-reinvent-midfielder/

Enzo Maresca spoke to the TNT Sports cameras ahead of kickoff in tonight’s game against Gent, and his comments about Cesare Casadei were very interesting.

It was quite subtle, but when asked what the Italian brings to his midfield, Enzo revealed quite a lot about his thinking. It seems that the youngster, more known for his attacking ability, is now considered a number 6 option in this B team, which otherwise lacks midfielders happy to sit deeper.

“His physicality is strong… he can help us off the ball, in the way we press,” Maresca explained.

“On the ball he is improving a lot. He’s doing well with us.”

What Maresca’s tell us about his new favourite

We can infer quite a lot from that. Firstly that the real reason Casadei was brought in against Barrow and again today is because of his capabilities off the ball, or defensively more generally. He’s tall and strong, which is important in this B team which is otherwise composed of quite a lot of small, tricky attacking players.

Secondly, of course, that Casadei’s play on the ball isn’t up to standards – not yet anyway. That much has been obvious since he signed, but given his eye for goal most people saw him being used further forwards as a sort of support striker, rather than deeper as a destroyer.

Maresca seems to really think he’s got something to work with in Casadei, whose opportunities have gone from 0 to B team regular in the space of just 3 games. Their time together at Leicester in the first half of last season seems to have given the former Inter academy player a headstart on some of his colleagues, and given Romeo Lavia and Moises Caicedo want to stay fresh for league games, using Casadei as a deep midfielder seems a clever solution from Maresca.

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“It was my decision” – Forgotten €20m man details why he stayed at Chelsea this summer

https://Chelsea.news/2024/10/cesare-casadei-opens-up-on-decision-to-stay-at-Chelsea/

Cesare Casadei has revealed that it was his decision to stay at Chelsea this summer and said he couldn’t be more proud to play for the club.

Casadei has very much been a bit part player since he joined the Blues from Inter Milan in 2022 and he’s subsequently had loan spells at both Reading and Leicester, where he worked under now manager Enzo Maresca.

The Italian is going to struggle to get minutes in the Premier League and the cup competitions represent his best chance of match action.

Casadei wanted to stay at Chelsea this summer

Casadei got his first action of the season as he started in the 5-0 win against Barrow in the Carabao Cup and he could feature in the Europa Conference League against Gent on Thursday night.

Some might be surprised that the 21-year-old is still at the club as he was expected to be one of the players that would move on, but he revealed in the pre-match press conference ahead of the Gent game that it was decision to remain at the club this summer.

“It was my decision [to stay and not go out on loan],” he told reporters as cited on X.com.

“The last season was not easy for me. I was thinking what was the best solution for me. But the moment I spoke to the manager, I was 100% sure the decision to stay would be best for me.

“I never had the idea to [leave] permanently. I spoke with the manager, he told me what he thinks, I had no doubt.

 

“I always wanted to play for Chelsea, one of the biggest teams in the world. I could not be more proud to play for Chelsea.”