Faced with a situation where the attack is not performing as expected, Chelsea has recalled midfielder on loan at Leicester City, Cesare Casadei to supplement the force for the second half of the 2023/24 season.
On the homepage, Chelsea announced that they had recalled midfielder Cesare Casadei, who was loaned to Leicester City since the beginning of this season. At King Power Stadium, the Italian player played regularly and scored 3 goals and had 2 assists in all competitions, contributing significantly to Leicester’s achievement at the top of the Championship rankings.
Previously in August 2022, Chelsea recruited Casadei from Inter Milan for 13.5 million pounds. The 21-year-old midfielder makes others remember him because of his good height (1m85) and impressive ability to dribble and tackle. Notably, Casadei seemed to shine last summer when he and U20 Italy participated in the 2023 U20 World Cup.
In the above tournament, Cesare Casadei played very well, scoring 7 goals and making 2 assists after 7 matches, making a great contribution to bringing Italy U20 to the final and only losing to Uruguay U20. As for Casadei, the above 7 goals helped him receive the title of top scorer of the tournament.
With the ability to play aggressively, ball handling skills and decisive finishing, Casadei is expected to be a good replacement for Mason Mount, who joined Man United in the summer of 2023. However, the Blues ultimately still agreed to let Casadei go to Leicester to “train”.
However, in the context of problems in the midfield, coach Mauricio Pochettino was forced to call on Cesare Casadei. Chelsea currently has two midfielders recovering from injuries: Romeo Lavia and Lesley Ugochukwu. The West London team still has Andrey Santos and Carney Chukwuemeka, but Santos is still too inexperienced and Chukwuemeka has just returned from injury. Not to mention the fact that the club’s record signing, Moise Caicedo, is still playing very disappointingly.
Even when Caicedo is not playing to his ability, Mauricio Pochettino still has to trust him. Right now, the best trio that Chelsea can use in recent matches is Enzo Fernandez, Conor Gallagher and Moises Caicedo. Due to the problem of lack of personnel, Pochettino decided to call Casadei back.
