⚽ All the latest news going into the weekend programme ⚽ Premier League: 10 things to look out for | Mail Michael The most interesting line from that Maresca press conference was: “It’s important to understand the reason why this [Manchester City] news was there.” Since we are still in the dark about Maresca’s comments last weekend, that is a clear message to the Chelsea hierarchy. A veiled threat of sorts. The Italian is playing a dangerous game, even if he spent 90% of the press conference saying all the right things as Chelsea manager: ignoring the reports, playing down the speculation, focusing on the next game, etc. I have a lot to achieve here [at Chelsea]. We achieved the third semi-final in 18 months the other day. Last year was good for trophies, we finish fourth in the Champions League, now we want to improve on that this year. Liam Delap and Dario Essugo are probably available for Aston Villa and Roméo [Lavia] is still out, Levi [Colwill] is still out. Continue reading...