{"id":207408,"date":"2024-08-08T15:33:39","date_gmt":"2024-08-08T15:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/08\/08\/enzo-fernandez-set-for-vice-captaincy-role-at-chelsea-report\/"},"modified":"2024-08-08T15:33:39","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T15:33:39","slug":"enzo-fernandez-set-for-vice-captaincy-role-at-chelsea-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/08\/08\/enzo-fernandez-set-for-vice-captaincy-role-at-chelsea-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Enzo Fernandez set for vice-captaincy role at Chelsea \u2013 report \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Chelsea midfielder Enzo Fernandez is expected to be handed a leadership role in the squad this summer under new manager Enzo Maresca.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fernandez has just returned to Chelsea training and had to begin the new era with an apology to the Blues squad after filming himself\u00a0singing an offensive chant about French players\u00a0alongside a number of his Argentina teammates after the Copa America triumph.<\/p>\n<p>Reports suggested Fernandez\u2019s video had angered many in the\u00a0Chelsea\u00a0camp, including Wesley Fofana, who went public with his frustrations, but a private apology from the midfielder is believed to have put the issue to bed.<\/p>\n<p>Fernandez was even handed the captain\u2019s armband by Reece James when the full-back left the recent friendly against Real Madrid and the\u00a0<em>Evening Standard<\/em>\u00a0state the 23-year-old is expected to take on more of a leadership role next season.<\/p>\n<p>After the defeat to Madrid, Maresca acknowledged Fernandez\u2019s importance to the team.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/01j4rmrerr64pwqnkrh8.jpg\" alt=\"Enzo Maresca, Enzo Fern\u00e1ndez\" title=\"Enzo Maresca, Enzo Fern\u00e1ndez\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Maresca will put his faith in Fernandez \/ Grant Halverson\/GettyImages<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s one of the important players,\u201d said Maresca.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be honest, I think when we changed Reece he gave the \u2018bracelet\u2019 to Enzo and this shows how Enzo is respected inside the squad. I think it\u2019s quite clear.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>James will remain team captain but what is less certain is the future of current vice-captain Ben Chilwell.<\/p>\n<p>The left-back was an unused substitute in three of Chelsea\u2019s five friendlies in the United States, playing 45 minutes against Wrexham and 19 against Club America, with Maresca\u2019s preferred tactical system failing to find the space for a traditional full-back like Chilwell.<\/p>\n<p>Reports have suggested Chelsea would be prepared to listen to offers for Chilwell, whose contract at Stamford Bridge still has three years left to run.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image-488-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-905562\"  \/><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea midfielder Enzo Fernandez is expected to be handed a leadership role in the squad this summer under new manager Enzo Maresca. Fernandez has just returned to Chelsea training and had to begin the new era with an apology to the Blues squad after filming himself\u00a0singing an offensive chant about French players\u00a0alongside a number of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":207414,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-207408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Enzo Fernandez set for vice-captaincy role at Chelsea \u2013 report \u2013 - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/08\/08\/enzo-fernandez-set-for-vice-captaincy-role-at-chelsea-report\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Enzo Fernandez set for vice-captaincy role at Chelsea \u2013 report \u2013 - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Chelsea midfielder Enzo Fernandez is expected to be handed a leadership role in the squad this summer under new manager Enzo Maresca. 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