Maresca reveals he “couldn’t sleep” as he shares details of 100 person meeting, including kitchen staff | OneFootball

Enzo Maresca has shared details of a 100 person meeting he held at Cobham as he explained in no uncertain terms what the targets for the remainder of the season are.

Following last weeks 3-0 defeat to Brighton, Chelsea are currently on a run of two wins in their last nine Premier League games.

The Blues have dropped to sixth in the league, but are just a point outside the top four as the race for Champions League football intensifies.

Maresca shares details of Cobham meeting

There’s been mixed messages coming out of the club over the past few weeks as to what the targets for the season are.

The expectation from the fans is the Blues at a bare minimum qualify for the Champions League, although Maresca had doubled down recently on how he was told that’s not the target this season.

However, in a change of message he insisted top four absolutely was the target in his pre-match conference on Friday.

The 45-year-old then went on to share details of a meeting he held in Cobham with 100 staff including players all present as he outlined the aims for the remainder of the campaign.

Maresca has now insisted Chelsea’s target is a top four finish.

“More than one month ago, I prepared a meeting with all the people inside the building, the kitchen staff, the groundsmen, the kit men, everyone, I asked them to push until the end because our target was to bring this club back into the Champions League,” he said in quotes picked up by Mail Sport.

“I went to bed at 11pm, 12am, and I woke up at 4am, 5am. I couldn’t sleep more. I started to think, ‘It could be a good idea in the morning to arrive and pull all the people together in the building and share this message.’

“So I text Kev (Kevin Campello, head of first-team operations). ‘Kev, everyone in the canteen at 10am.’ I said to the players in that meeting, ‘When I arrive here at 7am, there are people from the kitchen cutting the fruit in the same way – cut, cut, cut, cut.

More Stories / Latest News

Maresca reveals he “couldn’t sleep” as he shares details of 100 person meeting, including kitchen staff

22nd Feb 2025, 09:00am

Martin Keown names Chelsea ace who holds the key to get Cole Palmer thriving again

22nd Feb 2025, 08:30am

“I’m very happy”- Maresca hands vote of confidence to £26.3m ace despite fan criticism over form

22nd Feb 2025, 08:00am

“There are people behind who you cannot see, who are working every day to help you to reach your target.’ It’s true.

“The players, they do not see that. I tried to convince them that there are people behind who work hard and we need to push together to reach our target.”