Enzo Maresca has revealed details of a training ground summit held between Chelsea players and staff last month, at which he laid out his ambition to qualify for the Champions League this term.

Chelsea head coach Enzo Maresca called an all-staff meeting in the club’s canteen to impress upon his struggling side the work being done for them behind the scenes. The team has slumped down the table following a run of two Premier League wins in nine games that has placed in jeopardy their hopes of finishing in the top four.

There is no getting away from it, Enzo Maresca was in a bullish mood as he conducted his pre-match press conference at Chelsea's training base in Cobham on Friday morning. In recent weeks, Maresca perhaps went into his shell a bit more - understandably given the Blues' run of form in the Premier League,