Enzo Maresca believes January transfer speculation around his Chelsea players has “100 per cent” played a part in midseason slump. The Blues have slipped from the brink of title contention into a scrap for the European places across the course of a dismal run of form since the middle of last month.

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.