Chelsea and Manchester City will meet this evening in what is the most widely anticipated game of the opening weekend of the new 24/25 Premier League season.
The Blues have a new manager in Enzo Maresca and have heavily invested in the transfer market to strengthen their squad. Pep Guardiola’s side are the reigning champions, and the corresponding fixture between the two sides last season (a 4-4 draw) was one of the best games in the league in 23/24.
Here is a look at the top speeds of Chelsea players representing their countries at Euro 2024 so far. The Blues have some representatives in the tournament and both the finalists for the Euros (Spain and England) have Chelsea players in their squads.
Mykhailo Mudryk (UKR)
The fastest Chelsea player at Euro 2024 is Mykhailo Mudryk, with the Ukrainian winger registering a top speed of 34.9 km/h (average of 33.44) during the tournament as per official records.
Mudryk was Ukraine’s joint quickest player along with Artem Dobvyk (also measured at 34.9 km/h) and the pair are 18th in the overall list for quickest players at the tournament, which is headed by Kylian Mbappe (36.5 km/h)
Romelu Lukaku (BEL)
The Belgian striker is still technically contracted to Chelsea, and had a top speed of 33.5 km/h (avg of 32.35 km/h), which made him Les Diables Rouges’ fifth fastest player at Euro 2024 after Trossard, Onana, Doku and Openda.
With the rumours strongly linking Leicester City boss Enzo Maresca to Chelsea, here is a look at the Italian gaffer’s record at the King Power Stadium in 2023/24.
Maresca was only in charge at LCFC for one season, but that campaign was enough to convince the powers that be at Stamford Bridge that he could be Mauricio Pochettino’s successor. Pochettino had a tough start at Chelsea, but improved towards the end of the season, but was still shown the door.
Maresca list of all games as Leicester manager in 23/24 season
Maresca started with a win over Northampton Town in a pre-season friendly, but his first competitive game as Leicester manager saw the Foxes beat Coventry City 2-1.