"No longer part of my plans." Enzo Maresca makes stance clear on Chelsea duo.

• Chelsea duo may never play for Enzo Maresca again as manager makes intentions clear.

• Two Chelsea players might have pulled on the club's famous blue jersey for the last time. 

With Chelsea's large squad size, it isn't surprising that certain players no longer get minutes, although Enzo Maresca has done his best to dish out minutes to some by heavily rotating his matchday squad. 

However,  per the Express, two players are clearly not part of Maresca's long term plans as Chelsea coach. The report read: 

"For Ben Chilwell and Deivid Washington in particular, that result may have left them with no way back. Maresca has made it clear, via his selection habits, that he has no intention of incorporating either of them into his first-team plans."

Chilwell's only minutes of the season came in the Carabao Cup win over Barrow in September. The left-back has been told in no uncertain terms by Maresca that he does not fit into his three-at-the-back system, though he was left stranded at Stamford Bridge after failing to find an exit route during the summer.

With Chilwell being overlooked in the Premier League and left out of the Conference League squad entirely, and Chelsea now out of the Carabao Cup, prospects of any further action for the 27-year-old between now and January appear slim to none.

Chilwell has made more than a century of appearances for the Blues, and at one point he formed one of the most formidable full-back pairings in the Premier League along with Reece James.

Deivid's situation is similarly bleak. The 19-year-old - also left out of Chelsea's Conference League squad - will have been keen for more first-team responsibility this campaign after making three senior appearances in 2023/24, but he has been banished to Premier League 2.