Chelsea head coach Enzo Maresca emphasizes the importance of managing the fitness and playing time of key squad members as the team vies for a Champions League position. Despite Reece James's return in a recent match against Tottenham, Wesley Fofana and Romeo Lavia remain sidelined. Maresca has noted positive progress in their rehabilitation, stressing the need to maintain their fitness levels for better performance next season. The priority is to keep these crucial players fit while continuing to reintegrate them into the team gradually, ensuring long-term effectiveness on the pitch.
We know that in this moment he can't play every three days, hopefully soon he can, but the main target with him, Romeo and Wes is to keep them fit because we know how important they are for us.
If you compare Romeo's games this season to last season, he has already improved. But the target with Romeo is just to try to keep him fit as much as we can and play more games next season than this season.
Wes had a muscle problem a few days and we are waiting for more checks. For Sunday, Romeo is out.
We are trying to do the same with Reece (James), it's not the same but a similar situation. Reece [against Tottenham] was on the bench, he is one of our best players, but he was on the bench because we try to take care of him.
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