“I keep warning you to sell them” “He’s poor against Celtic” – John Mikel warns Enzo Maresca
As part of their ongoing preseason tour of the United States, Chelsea was defeated 4-1 by Celtic.
It appears that Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca is taking some time to convince the team to accept his tactics.
Celtic consistently exposed Chelsea’s high line, but Maresca thinks everything will be alright before the season starts against Manchester City.
Nevertheless, Mikel has already instructed Enzo Maresca to sell the defender since he is not up to Chelsea’s standards, therfore Benoit Badiashile was also deemed subpar in the Celtic loss.
However, For Enzo Maresca, John Obi Mikel has already pleaded with Chelsea to bring in two “world class” center backs this summer.
On a free transfer from Fulham, Tosin Adarabioyo, a 26-year-old defender, join the Blues
However, Obi Mikel maintains that neither Benoit Badiashile nor Axel Disasi are prepared to take over and that his previous team would feel Thiago Silva’s departure next season.
‘Thiago Silva is leaving, we need a couple of centre-halves,’ Mikel said on The Obi One Podcast.
‘I don’t think Benoit Badiashile is the guy for Chelsea, no.
‘[Axel] Disasi, no. They’re still young players, they will develop.
‘We need proven, two top centre-backs who will come in there and stabilise that back four. We need that. We need two world-class centre-halves.’