Chelsea midfielder Enzo Fernandez has returned to full training and is available for selection for Saturday’s Premier League home match against Manchester United after being dropped for disciplinary reasons, manager Liam Rosenior said on Thursday.
The 25-year-old Argentine World Cup winner was left out of the squad for the 7-0 win over League One side Port Vale in the FA Cup quarter-finals and last week’s 3-0 Premier League defeat to second-placed Manchester City at Stamford Bridge.
Fernandez, who wore the captain’s armband in the absence of the injured Reece James, had previously said he would assess his future after the World Cup and expressed a desire to live in Madrid, comments for which he later apologised.
“Enzo has been with the group and trained very well,” Rosenior told reporters on Thursday. “So it’s business as usual when it comes to selection for the game.
“Enzo was also excellent in terms of training and application.”
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Rosenior also provided updates on defender Trevoh Chalobah, who has not played since the second leg of Chelsea’s Champions League defeat to Paris Saint-Germain, and on James, who has been sidelined since the loss to Newcastle United in March.
«Trevoh trained today, but not fully; it was a modified training,» said Rosenior. «We will make a decision about him, but he is very close. Reece is a little further away.»
Chelsea are sixth with 48 points, four behind Liverpool in the Champions League places, having won just one of their last five Premier League games. A win over third-placed United would help close the gap in the race for the top five.
“You focus on what you can control, and that is our performance,” Rosenior said. «You make sure that the attitude, the energy and the application to the game are right. I expect a good performance on Saturday.»
Published on April 16, 2026
