Enzo Maresca has said that Chelsea's form has "100%" been affected by transfer speculation, claiming some of his players may not have been fully focussed.

Chelsea are desperately hunting for a striker to help lift the load on Nicolas Jackson, who hasn’t scored in 7 Premier League games now.While they’re linked to new faces like Evan Ferguson today,

Sections of the Chelsea support have lost patience with Sanchez, leading Maresca to urge the Stamford Bridge crowd to get behind whoever he chooses on Monday night. He did admit, however, that taking a struggling player out of the firing line could prove a wise course of action.

Enzo Maresca tells Chelsea fans to expect players to arrive and leave before the winter transfer window closes next week. As ever, the Blues are being linked with a number of signings and with plenty of their players departing the club before transfer deadline day on Monday.

Arsenal legend Ian Wright has faulted Enzo Maresca for Chelsea's collapse this season, pointing at the exact point that manager wrongly turned it around.

Enzo Maresca admits transfer talk has '100 per cent' impacted Chelsea players - Blues have slumped in recent weeks ahead of clash against West Ham

After Chelsea's 2-1 win over Brentford in December, Enzo Maresca's side were looking in a commanding position in the race to finish in the Premier League top four.

Several Chelsea players have been the subject of speculation in the January transfer window, which is impacting the club's form, manager Enzo Maresca said on Friday ahead of a Premier League meeting with West Ham United.