Exclusive Interview: The Athletic's Rob Tanner Talks All Things Enzo Marseca

Rob Tanner, Leicester City correspondent for The Athletic, will first join Alex to speak about Enzo Maresca.

[@clintonabdallah4807]

As a chelsea fan i really appreciate these discusions .....Good work!

[@mosesolaniran3957]

I absolutely love what you do, Byline! It's incredible the kind of insights we get to see from this channel. Well done

[@emmanueljustice9059]

I don't know but I'm getting more excited about Enzo now

[@jostopps1319]

Thanks so much Rob, very informative. Really like the sound of Enzo, excited for the season to start

[@eyetest3558]

Wonderful insights. I really enjoyed the conversation

[@florme6494]

Giroud, Dzeko or Lewandoski would be the old striker’s that would be perfection in the bounce ball, back to play, arriving late, and high quality finishing. I’m sure Nkunku could do this but I’m not sure he will be as good as Jackson with his back to a big CB. On the other hand I believe Jackson’s finishing will get better. I’m obviously a huge fan of Jackson. 3rd best striker in my opinion at Chelsea since Roman until now. Costa, Drogba, Jackson, Anelka in that order. Literally the only thing missing is his finishing which I believe will come once he settles with the pace of the PL.

[@RasenRendanX]

Doubting nkunku is crazy.

[@florme6494]

@@RasenRendanX I don’t doubt Nkunku as a whole. When he has played up front as a lone striker he tends to disappear from the game, whereas Jackson is always involved. Nkunku shines in a different position. I doubt him even more as a CB or CDM. But it’s only an opinion. To me he is an inside winger, 10 playmaker, the right side of a midfield 3 half space, or best, as a 10 shadow striker.

[@williammiles5363]

I pray he succeeds 💙💯

[@vern187]

Everyone keep going on about this plan A / B. Can someone please tell me what man city, Liverpool and arsenal plan B was? Man city lost a cup final to Manu because the plan did not work. Every system have flaws. You looking for plans A B and C your looking for a team mid table

[@shinobitv8539]

City don’t even have a plan b yet they still dominate

[@Random-lj6mh]

Valid point

[@BeUStayU]

Amazing stuff!

[@omotayorobert6803]

I absolutely believe that if Enzo. Didn't win trophy in the upcoming season, he will for sure in the next season ... Conference is for him this season though

[@Sammy-qu5zk]

Julian Alvarez will fit like a glove in this system. pace, linkup play , finisher ✅

[@justlooking1087]

Can we stop with this “yes man” nonsense. Why do people take these reports as 100% truth, you all trust journalists that much? What they want is someone who is willing to work within an existing structure. The coach will have a say but they won’t be able to dictate what they want to the board. If anyone genuinely believes that the board will be telling the manager what formation to play and players who should be on the pitch, I question their intelligence. No manager would accept those terms.

[@filosofastone1442]

People keep on discounting Jackson. Yes he misses chances and so does Haaland. He will come good. 14 goals & 4 assist on debut

[@neilcreamer8207]

I remember Didier Drogba's first season being pretty unconvincing.

[@nicholasclarke4602]

I think drogbas 1st season was 10/12 goal involvements. Jackson’s gonna be a beast i guarantee it. He looks a lot more comfortable now and he’s deffo a lot more confident. He will smash it

[@quansahnana499]

The problem with Jackson is sometimes we need a decisive shooter since you won't get many chances like against city in the FA cup semi finals and that's where the prolific sticker comes him. Everyone with football eyes can see he will come good

[@neilcreamer8207]

@@quansahnana499 All that comes with confidence and experience.

[@RasenRendanX]

​@@quansahnana499it's not just him. Other players missed too

[@BSMAG87]

“Needs to be able to finish”… has this bald fella even heard of Nkunku before 😂

[@Random-lj6mh]

We chelsea fans need to show patience with this 🧑‍🦲 baldie, set realistic targets with him, top six by the end of the season and baldie continues with his job. If he misses the mark by a whisker, he continues. And if its a bad miss then 🙏🏽 thank you and good bye 👋🏻 I understand these are mediocre targets going by our recent history but thats the approach we need going forward because of the structure that's been put in place by the Americans 😅