We have almost reached the one-year anniversary of an Enzo Maresca quote that is increasingly likely to age like fresh cream - and it has nothing to do with recent developments at the club who now employ him.
Joao Pedro’s numbers last season and his superb start to the new campaign present a comprehensive body of irrefutable evidence that, at the very least, it was unwise of Maresca to so confidently insist the striker is “not a No9 that is going to score 20 goals each year”.
