“They’ve got nobody like him”

Tim Sherwood claimed that Chelsea is a struggle without Nicholas Jackson and that he could not be dispensed with although he was not a prolific top scorer. Sherwood indicated that the Senegalese striker creates space for players such as Cole Palmer and Nazo Fernandez.

Speaking to a 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 former Villarreal man. Sherwood said:

“I think Nicholas Jackson is definitely respected. I think it is the pivotal point and a real existence there. He occupies half of the middle and takes them to create space for Cole Palmer’s likes for coming. Palmer, in particular, benefited from the space that Jackson created. Enzo. [Fernandez] also. I think Enzo is better number 10 of number 8 and when it advances, it represents a real threat to the goal. But they need someone who will lead the line, occupy half the center, and create this space for them. “

He added:

“It was a huge Miss. He is not a prolific scorer, but it is definitely a threat and they cannot replace it. They have no one like him – they tried it with them [Christopher] NKUNKU or playing with Pedo Neto as nine errors but it has not succeeded. Sometimes as a manager, you have to find a different way. I just think they can a little bit on the ball, play side and back, but there may not be options forward when midfielders search. Jackson usually extends the opposition at the back or can play longer in his chest and make him carry the ball. They did not have this in his absence, so he was a huge Miss. “

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. Inentity, the blues were only two points behind 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 the last time [bit of the season]”

Chelsea faces Tottenham on April 3, followed by Brentord 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).