Looking forward to Chelsea's performance in the Champions League and we can see how they fare there for next season as the Premier League has plenty of slots in the Champions League.
I think it's time for Chelsea to shine, they have a great opportunity to do things well, so in view of this Aston Villa lost their opportunity, they couldn't and their numbers were just a little bit lacking, sometimes football is like that, however the best thing is what happens, now an era is coming where there are teams that can make the difference, I say something, the team that gets into the UCL is because they deserve it, because they fought and because they will do a good job there.
Now I think whether or not he shines depends on how Maresca treats his squad. It is true that this season Chelsea turned better compared to the previous 2 seasons where it was like a darkness for them but things like this are not really a guarantee because after all he still has to try to optimize the squad he has so that next season's expectations can be the same or even better than this season happened.
Chelsea again found the rhythm and returned to their original place but I think we know that for Chelsea now there are still many gaps including for their attack line which indeed there are still obstacles that must be fixed.
The problem for now is that we know that in the end in the last 3 seasons Chelsea have always lost a lot of money due to uncontrolled spending so that currently making improvements can be difficult especially when their squad is now fat with several players on loan back then surely they have to release the players first to minimize FFP by selling some players first.