Enzo Maresca has midfield puzzle to solve while Chelsea sweat it out in US

Manager has to use Caicedo, Fernandez and Lavia wisely with Club World Cup useful exercise for next season

Enzo Maresca sometimes gives the impression he would love nothing more than to name an entire team of midfielders. A conundrum facing Chelsea's head coach, though, is that he will struggle to find space in his starting XI for everyone next season.

Chelsea are not short of options in the middle. They have the 100m buys, Enzo Fernandez and Moises Caicedo, and the elegant, deep-lying Romeo Lavia. Yet starting them all in a midfield three is not easy if Cole Palmer plays as a No 10.