Given the importance of the final games of the Premier League season for Chelsea, every single individual will be wanting to feature in the squad.
The Blues are one game away from Champions League qualification for next season as they prepare to make the difficult trip to Nottingham Forest.
Just one point separates five teams right now, and Gary Neville believes Chelsea will miss out on the top five to Manchester City and Aston Villa.
Enzo Maresca will need to be able to call upon his best players for the game, and will be hoping Marc Guiu is fit again to start in place of the suspended Nicolas Jackson.
One position where the boss will actually be content with his options is central midfield. Moises Caicedo, Romeo Lavia and Enzo Fernandez are all available for selection at this moment in time.
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There is a good chance the trio start all together at the City Ground, however one of them has been pushing themselves through the pain barrier in order to compete recently.
It was reported yesterday that Fernandez played through an eye injury against Manchester United, where he completed 90 minutes.
Now, according to BBC Sport, it has emerged that the World Cup winner has been playing through conjunctivitis in their last two games, however personally requested to play to help out the team.
Featuring in these games has been a further showcase of the midfielder’s desire for Chelsea to succeed, and an example of why he is a future captain of the club.
Enzo Fernandez a future Chelsea captain
Maresca named Fernandez one of his vice-captains before the season began, with the midfielder regularly donning the armband in the absence of Reece James.
The Argentine has shown leadership qualities throughout the campaign, including consoling Cole Palmer after he missed a penalty, something that had never happened before the game against Leicester.
Club legend John Obi Mikel has also pointed out Fernandez’s leadership of late, and he is certainly one of the players who has stepped up since the new manager came in.
He will be hoping that he is at 100% fitness for the crucial final game against Nottingham Forest, which currently holds the keys to the next stage of the Blues’ project.
