Chelsea have been in fine form over the last couple of weeks. The Blues remain unbeaten in the Premier League since an opening day defeat to Manchester City.

Chelsea are currently fourth in the league, as the race for the title intensifies. Despite Chelsea’s impressive form, not many expect Chelsea to challenge for the title this season.

However, former England and Liverpool striker Emile Heskey, is backing Chelsea to finish in the top four, and believes Chelsea have what it takes to fight for the title.

Heskey has named Chelsea as the disruptive influence in the title race.

“If you’re talking about top four contenders, you’ve got to say Chelsea and Aston Villa,” Heskey told 10bet.

“I would have said Manchester United, but they’re having a bit of a torrid time at the moment, and I don’t think they’ve got what it takes to be consistently good enough to challenge for a place in the top four.

“I think Chelsea are the one team that can be a disruptive influence this season. I’m tempted to say that Chelsea could even challenge for the Premier League title and make it a four-way race.

“Having watched Enzo Maresca quite closely at Leicester last season when I was coaching there, I’m confident that he will be a success at Chelsea.

“I was impressed seeing him in action. He’s relentless in terms of implicating his style of play.

“He expects total commitment and dedication from his players – he got that at Leicester by winning the Championship and returning the club to the Premier League at the first attempt.

“He transformed the playing style at Leicester. Without sounding disrespectful to my old club, he’s working with better players at Chelsea, and they should be able to get to grips with his methods and develop an even greater understanding of what he wants to do even quicker than the Leicester players did.

“Chelsea have played in various ways over the last few seasons because they’ve had so many managers.

“Maresca likes to play a very structured brand of football, but Chelsea’s early results tell me that the players are getting used to his methods.”