“They have no one like him.”

Tim Sherwood claimed this Chelsea The struggle without Nicholas Jackson and that it cannot be dispensed with although it does not represent a prolific top scorer. Sherwood indicated that the Senegalese striker creates space for players such as Cole Palmer and Nazo Fernandez.

Speaking to the metro, the former Tottenham star insisted that the absence of Jackson is a big blow to Chelsea and that Enzo Marisca needs to find a way to succeed without the previous one Villarreal man. Sherwood said:

“I think Nicholas Jackson has definitely respected. I think it is the central point and a real existence there. He occupies half of the middle and takes them to create space for Cole Palmer to reach. Palmer, in particular, he gets the goal in particular, and they get a real goal. He needs a person who will lead the line and occupy half of the middle and create this space for them.”

He added:

“It was a huge Miss. He is not a prolific top scorer, but it definitely represents a threat and they cannot replace it. They have no one like him to come – they tried this with (Christopher) Nikko or playing with Pedo Neto as a liar, but it does not work sometimes. Even Jackson usually extends the opposition or can play for a longer period in his chest and make him hold the ball.

Jackson scored nine goals and helped five times in 23 Premier League games this season. Chelsea slipped from second to fourth in the table and found themselves in sixth place last month. Inaccurately, the blues were just two points Liverpool Recently in December, but now 21 points of leaders.

Nicholas Jackson is expected to return to Chelsea after an international break

Enzo Marisca confirmed that Nicholas Jackson could return to Chelsea after the international break. He revealed that the attacker, who was injured in the match against West Ham United (February 3), is in light training at the present time and has recovered from the case of the strings of the knee. Noni Madoyk is also expected to return to work after a break. Marisca (over 90 minutes) said:

“It can return, perhaps after the international break. He is also Noni.”

“This is good news. Before the international break, we have two games – tomorrow and one – then we have an international break, we can recover energy and recover the players and then go to another (bit of the season).”

Chelsea face Tottenham After that on April 3, Brentord was later in the week (April 6). The Blues has only one match from London in April – the first leg of the quarter -finals in the conference against Legia Warszawa (April 10).