Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca admits summer signing could leave the club in January after limited game time

Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca has admitted that one of the club’s summer signings could see his Chelsea career come to a swift end in January.

Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall joined the Blues from Leicester in a deal worth £30m in July, reuniting with former Foxes manager Maresca.

However, he is yet to start a Premier League match for the club, playing just 55 minutes of top-flight football.

His playing time has largely been limited to the Europa Conference League, where he has contributed two goals and one assist in six games.

The second of those goals came in Thursday’s 5-1 win over Shamrock Rovers at Stamford Bridge.

And after the match, Maresca could not confirm whether the player will remain at the club in the second half of the campaign.

The Italian said, as quoted by football.london: “I can’t say that, neither about Kiernan, nor about the entire squad, because when the transfer market opens, unfortunately anything can happen.”

“So I’m not focused on January, the only thing I can say about Kiernan is that we are very happy with the way he is working, we are very happy with his performance, and this is my thoughts on Kiernan.”

And he added: “We don’t want one of our players to leave, the problem is that sometimes the question is more for them, that if they say, okay, you don’t want me to leave, but I’m not happy.” , I want to play more.

‘So in that case, we’re not going to say, no, you have to stay, yes or yes. “It’s a matter of agreement between the club and the player, the only thing I can say is that we are happy with Kiernan, then we’ll see.”

Dewsbury-Hall is behind Moisés Caicedo, Romeo Lavia and Enzo Fernández in the pecking order at Stamford Bridge.

The 26-year-old, a product of Leicester’s academy, arrived with almost 200 senior appearances under his belt, including 80 in the Premier League.