Enzo Maresca made it clear on the players he didn’t want at Chelsea, after his appointment as Chelsea manager.

The Blues boss carved out his main squad of players, and told the rest to leave. Unfortunately, not all were able to get new clubs before the close of the summer transfer window.

One of such Chelsea players who didn’t leave is Carney Chukwuemeka, and Enzo Maresca has revealed that the 20-year-old isn’t in his plans.

He said: “I will say exactly the same thing I have said many times: Carney is a very good player, but for the amount of players we have, we decided at the beginning of the season it is probably better to leave and go somewhere, prove himself and playing 30 or 35 games than being here and play less games.

“Unfortunately that didn’t happen. He is our player. He had some minutes the other day, today he was not involved. Hopefully, we can give him more minutes.”

Chukwuemeka featured as a substitute in the League Cup game against Barrow where he made a 14-minute cameo appearance.

Chukwuemeka showed lots of promise last season under Mauricio Pochettino, but his progress was marred by injuries.