Enzo Maresca claimed that his Chelsea players have the status it deserves to play in the Champions League next season.
The blues had their Champions League qualification hoped that last weekend he was dented by a 2-0 defeat to Newcastle while struggling for a top five finish in a tight final of the Premier League season.
It ended a series of five consecutive victories in all competitions for Chelsea, so that the side of Maresca kept in fifth place and above Aston Villa only jumps to third place when Newcastle Manchester City jumps to third place. Nottingham Forest is only one point behind.
Prior to their penultimate league match against Manchester United today, Maresca said: 'Absolutely, Cole (Palmer) is not the only one in terms of players who earn (the Champions League). I think Moises (Caicedo) is also a player who deserves Champions League.
'Enzo Fernandez earns Champions League. Levi Colwill deserves Champions League and this is why we have been there (in the top five) and we will try to end there because we have many players who, in terms of status, earn to play Champions League. '
Maresca also promised to judge the club's disciplinary problem in the summer after he had received the most yellow cards this season this season.
Chelsea has received 96 yellow cards in the competition that she places in the first place, with the other top five clubs all at least 25 fewer bookings than the men of Maresca.
“To Newcastle that was our first red card of the season,” he said.
'It is probably also the way we try to be intense, aggressive. It is a good question that we probably have to analyze in the summer when we have a few days off and to see if there is something that we can do better. '
The red card from Nicolas Jackson for a forearm for the face of Sven Botman against Newcastle last weekend yielded him an automatic ban on three games.
It means that he will miss the visit of Man United today and the journey from Chelsea to Nottingham Forest on the last day of the season.
Maresca added on the red card from Jackson: 'Nico is intelligent enough to acknowledge that there has been a mistake, a mistake.
“For me it's not about age, because regardless of the age you are, if you make a mistake, it's ok because we all make mistakes, but if you make the same mistake again, this is probably not the best.”