Chelsea: Enzo Maresca sends Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall message in bid to kick-start Blues career | OneFootball

Enzo Maresca insists he has no doubt that Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall will make a success of his Chelsea career, but says the midfielder must adapt to no longer being his main man. “He arrived here now and he’s not the main player, now he’s one of the players. “You go from: ‘Okay, I’m the main player here’ to being one of the players.

Enzo Maresca insists he has no doubt that Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall will make a success of his Chelsea career, but says the midfielder must adapt to no longer being his main man.

Those performances convinced the new Chelsea boss to make Dewsbury-Hall one of the marquee signings of his first summer in charge in a £30million deal.

The 26-year-old has had to bide his time at the start of his Blues career and is yet to start a Premier League game, but is expected to get an opportunity when League Two leaders Barrow come to Stamford Bridge in the Carabao Cup on Tuesday night.

“I’m very happy with Kiernan,” Maresca said. “We need to understand that Kiernan was the main player at Leicester.

“He arrived here now and he’s not the main player, now he’s one of the players. For him, and any player in the world, you need to adapt mentally.

Biding his time: Enzo Maresca is confident that Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall will be a success at Chelsea

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Dewsbury-Hall arrived in pre-season carrying a minor injury, while illness ruled him out of a first Premier League start at Bournemouth earlier this month when he had been in line to play.

There is particular scrutiny on the new arrival given that he has effectively taken the squad place of Conor Gallagher, whose sale was unpopular among many Chelsea fans and who has made a superb start to life at Atletico Madrid.

“Sure, when you play for five, 10, 15 minutes, it’s not easy,” Maresca continued. “It’s not easy for Kiernan or the rest of the players.