Enzo Fernandez future: Chelsea boss Liam Rosenior confirms stance ahead of Manchester United fixture

Chelsea caput manager Liam Rosenior has confirmed that Enzo Fernandez is disposable for enactment for Saturday's Premier League fixture against Manchester United.

The Blues head into the showdown with the Red Devils sitting 7 points adrift of their third-placed opponents successful the Premier League table.

Ahead of Chelsea trying to boost their hopes of European qualification, arsenic overmuch attraction volition beryllium placed connected Fernandez arsenic it volition the upcoming match.

Fernandez has served a club-imposed two-match prohibition for hinting that helium was eyeing up a transportation to Madrid successful the future.

Both the Argentina planetary and his cause has since apologised, yet it did not alteration Rosenior's stance anterior to the 3-0 decision to Manchester City past weekend.

Rosenior confirms Fernandez availability

Speaking astatine a property league connected Thursday, Rosenior did not spell arsenic acold arsenic saying that the World Cup victor would instrumentality to the starting lineup.

However, helium indicated that it was "business arsenic usual" with the subordinate up of 1 of Chelsea's biggest matches of the season.

He said: "Yeah, I don't ever archer you the starting XI. It's brainsick to accidental what the starting XI volition beryllium 2 days earlier a precise large game.

"Enzo has been grooming with the group, he's been grooming very, precise good and it's conscionable concern arsenic accustomed successful presumption of the enactment for the game."

On whether the Fernandez concern affected the squad, Rosenior added: "Not that I'm alert of, no. No, Enzo's travel backmost to the radical this week.

"The group's been fantastic successful presumption of his training, Enzo has arsenic well, and his exertion to training, and our group's exertion to training, truthful no."

Will Fernandez commencement for Chelsea against Man United?

Although Chelsea performed good during the archetypal fractional versus Man City, their illness aft the interruption lone increases the chances of Fernandez returning to the archetypal XI.

Moises Caicedo and Andrey Santos could diagnostic arsenic the 2 cardinal midfielders, with Fernandez being deployed arsenic a fig 10.

That would apt spot Cole Palmer determination implicit to the close flank and Estevao Willian driblet down to the substitutes' bench.