'It's a priority' – Enzo Maresca names the position Chelsea will look to strengthen after suffering major injury blow before Bayer Leverkusen win

Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca has named the "priority" position that his side must strengthen ahead of the summer transfer window shutting.

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'It's a priority' - Enzo Maresca names the position Chelsea will look to strengthen after suffering major injury blow before Bayer Leverkusen win'It's a priority' - Enzo Maresca names the position Chelsea will look to strengthen after suffering major injury blow before Bayer Leverkusen win'It's a priority' - Enzo Maresca names the position Chelsea will look to strengthen after suffering major injury blow before Bayer Leverkusen win

Chelsea are facing a defensive headache as Benoit Badiashile and Fofana are sidelined and fellow centre-back Levi Colwill will be out for a long time with an anterior cruciate ligament injury. Despite reports suggesting the Blues won’t try and sign a replacement, Maresca has said otherwise.

After Chelsea’s 2-0 pre-season win over on Friday, he told Channel 5: “It is a priority [signing a new defender] for me. Levi is a fantastic player. What we achieved last season is because of him. He played a lot of games with me, I love him. We are going to miss him. We are also trying to find different solutions.”

Colwill is arguably Chelsea’s best centre-back, and even when he was in the team, the Blues looked a bit shaky at the back at times last season. If Maresca’s side want to push on this season, they need to sign a quality defender, particularly if they have desires about winning the .

As Chelsea try and find a new defender before the transfer window shuts in just over three weeks, the west London outfit take on on Sunday in their final pre-season game before kickstarting the new Premier League season at home to on August 17.