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No player is indispensable, warns Maresca after dropping Enzo Fernandez
Chelsea's Enzo Fernandez before the Premier League match at the London Stadium. Picture date: Saturday September 21, 2024.

CHELSEA head coach Enzo Maresca insisted that no player is irreplaceable after dropping £106 million midfielder Enzo Fernandez.

The World Cup winner with Argentina has been demoted to Maresca’s second string, featuring only in cup competitions and has not started either of the last two Premier League games.

Co-owners Todd Boehly and Behdad Eghbali fought a dogged battle to land the 23-year-old from Benfica in January 2023, eventually agreeing a then British-record fee to sign him on deadline day.

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