After Cesare Casadei scored for Leicester City at Millwall in the third round of the FA Cup, Foxes boss Enzo Maresca said: “We don’t have doubts that he’s going to help us in the next months.” Thirteen days later, loanee Casadei was back at Chelsea.
Fair enough. It’s the peril of loaning a player in. The parent club are in charge. But for everyone involved, it’s now looking like a bizarre decision. Casadei has been back at Chelsea for five Premier League games and has played a combined 13 minutes, comprising two cameos off the bench, against Liverpool and Manchester City.ei scored for Leicester City at Millwall in the third round of the FA Cup, Foxes bos
At the weekend, during Chelsea’s 2-2 draw with Brentford, Blues boss Mauricio, Pochettino said his midfield was exhausted. He added: “We don’t have the possibility to refresh the players in a key area.”
The Chelsea boss said a couple of weeks ago: “I think it was a tough decision because he was playing at Leicester and we did not want to cut his development. But with the injuries of Lavia and Lesley Ugochukwu, I think we needed him. We needed another midfielder.