“He’s apologised but won’t play against Manchester City.’

Enzo Fernandez is not going to be rushed again into the Chelsea facet for Sunday’s crunch Premier League conflict with Manchester Metropolis regardless of apologising for feedback he made suggesting he wished to stay in Madrid.

The Argentina midfielder admitted he was tempted by the thought of residing within the Spanish capital whereas away on worldwide responsibility, sparking hypothesis he was hankering after a transfer to Actual Madrid this summer time.

Chelsea issued Fernandez with a two-game ban, the primary of which was served in final week 7-0 drubbing of Port Vale within the FA Cup.

The previous Benfica midfielder has since stated sorry for his feedback however Rosenior says the ban will stay in full and he received’t be thought of for this weekend.

The Blues boss stated: “I’ve had a extremely good chat with Enzo, three or 4 with him, he’s apologised to me and the membership. We’ll take care of that after an enormous recreation on Sunday. It was a severe assembly about one thing severe.

“I’m not questioning his character or who he’s as an individual however I imagine folks make errors and you’ll’t overstep the punishment for the error. There’s a couple of obstacles we nonetheless must get by however I received’t go into that.

“There are particular values and cultures that I imagine in that make the membership stronger if you happen to get them proper.”

Chelsea haven’t received any of their final 9 conferences with Manchester Metropolis however go into the sport needing three factors to take care of their push for a top-five end and a Champions League spot.

Requested if his facet can get one over on Pep Guardiola and Metropolis, Rosenior added: “In fact we are able to. We’re an excellent crew, we’ve gone by a tough run. Once I analyse the video games we’ve got had, we’ve prompted each crew issues however not had the outcomes for that.”

Enzo Fernandez stats

Fernandez has made 30 appearances for Chelsea this season, beginning 29 occasions and enjoying for two,583 minutes.

He has the second-most touches of any participant of their squad, with 2,153, and has made 17 interceptions, in addition to profitable 21 of 48 tackles.

Of his 1,677 passes, Fernandez has equipped three assists, 48 key passes and 10 crosses, precisely discovering a teammate 86% of the time.

An 89% short-passing accuracy is 2% beneath the crew common, however Fernandez is 13% above Chelsea’s common accuracy for lengthy passes, recording 58%. He has additionally been booked eight occasions.

Right here’s a have a look at his targets file in 2025/26 on the time of his sanction.