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🚨 BREAKING: Enzo Maresca lashes out after Estevaõ injury.
“Look, I kept quiet while I was there because I still believed in the project and I didn’t want to throw the club under the bus. But now I’m out and I can finally speak my mind.
The way Chelsea handled Estevão Williams is nothing short of disgraceful. The boy arrived with the world at his feet — 18 years old, Brazilian magic in his boots, the kind of talent you see once in a generation. I had him in the squad, I saw it every single day in training. He was ready. And instead of protecting him, nurturing him, giving him time to settle into the Premier League… they rushed him.
We all knew the injury risks. The medical team flagged the muscle issues early, the hamstrings, the way his body was still adjusting to the intensity over here. But the pressure from above was always the same: ‘Get him in the team, show the fans we’re developing talent, justify the fee.’ So we managed him carefully at first… then suddenly he’s being asked to play through niggles, rushed back from setbacks, thrown into games where he wasn’t 100%. And what happened? Serious, recurring injuries that could have been avoided.
That’s not bad luck. That’s bad management. You don’t develop a kid like Estevão by treating him like a marketing asset. You wrap him in cotton wool when he needs it, you give him proper rehab, you build him up slowly so his body can cope. Instead we’ve got a generational talent sitting in the treatment room again, wondering if coming to Chelsea was the right move. His family messages me, the kid himself is down… and I feel sick because I was part of it until I walked.
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