Chelsea boss Maresca confirms James back for Palace clash

Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca admits Rhys James is in his squad for Saturday’s clash with Crystal Palace.

The club captain is currently recovering from his latest hamstring setback.

Maresca said: “He’s back, the last game against Ipswich he was with us just to be with us in the team; the plan was not to give him any minutes.

“Tomorrow is different, we can give him minutes, so hopefully we all know how important this game is for us, so hopefully he can get minutes very soon.”

Chelsea Guess Palace On the back of consecutive defeats and Maresca also said on Friday: “I’m always worried even when we win games, but I don’t think it’s a bad form, I think it’s just analyze game by game, against Fulham we win 1 -0 until 82-83 minutes and then we conceded two goals probably not our day in terms of, I don’t know how many chances we created, clear chances, but probably very desire not to concede and to win the game Higher than us.”