Enzo Maresca hopes Chelsea will be boosted by the return of five first team players by the time his side play Tottenham Hotspur on April 2. Chelsea suffered another setback this week when a scan on Nicolas Jackson showed his hamstring problem sustained against West Ham United was more serious than first thought and leaves the striker facing six weeks on the sidelines.

Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca has confirmed Nicolas Jackson will be sidelined until April with a hamstring injury.

Gary Neville says he has ‘got some sympathy’ for Robert Sanchez and believes Enzo Maresca should have pulled the Chelsea goalkeeper out of the firing line earlier in the season. Sanchez held off competition from Djordje Petrovic to nail down his spot as Chelsea’s number one at the start of the campaign following Maresca’s arrival as head coach.