Chelsea vs Tottenham LIVE: Team news and line-ups from Premier League today

We’ll be lucky if we get a repeat of the back-and-forth chaos witnessed last time out between Chelsea and Tottenham.

Enzo Fernandez added to a Cole Palmer brace to give the Blues and advantage that was too much to overcome, with Heung-min Son’s stoppage time strike proving no more than a consolation.

The big news from the line-ups is that Cole Palmer and Nicolas Jackson are back in the starting XI for Chelsea after spells on the sidelines with injury.

Two huge returns for the Blues in their push for Champions League qualification.

Chelsea XI: Sanchez; Gusto, Chalobah, Colwill, Cucurella; Fernandez, Caicedo; Sancho, Palmer, Neto; Jackson.

Tottenham XI: Vicario; Spence, Romero, Van de Ven, Udogie; Bergvall, Sarr; Odobert, Maddison, Son; Solanke.

Pochettino was sacked by Tottenham in 2019 after leading Spurs to the Champions League final and three top-three finishes in a row in the Premier League.

Even by football’s standards, there was considerable shock. WhatsApps immediately went around executives at the news that Chelsea look to have avoided breaching the Premier League’s Profit and Sustainability Rules last season by selling their women’s team and other subsidiaries to the club’s parent company.

All of the jokes about what they could next sell to themselves don’t seem like jokes anymore. A hotel is one thing. But an actual football team? This is what a club is supposed to be about. It’s the entire raison d’etre.

Chelsea and Liverpool are both aiming to secure the signing of Dean Huijsen this summer, although Real Madrid are monitoring the Spanish centre-half.

The 19-year-old has been one of many Bournemouth revelations this season, as the south-coast club are bracing themselves for huge interest in a good group of inspired signings. Huijsen’s situation is made a little simpler, due to the understanding he has a release clause of around £50m.

Both Chelsea and Liverpool have been seeking to sign a new centre-half, and have been simultaneously working on a potential deal to bring the 19-year-old in. While the Stamford Bridge hierarchy are felt to have currently made more progress, Huijsen’s future is seen as very much up in the air.

It was a chaotic match when these two met in December, and both sides’ form has become worse since then, though the hosts are the clear favourites.

The Blues should put in a big performance as they look to take a step closer to Champions League qualification against a rival that they have a good recent record against.

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Chelsea XI: Sanchez; James, Fofana, Colwill, Cucurella; Fernandez, Caicedo; Sancho, Palmer, Madueke; Jackson.

Tottenham XI: Vicario; Porro, Romero, Van de Ven, Udogie; Bentancur, Sarr; Johnson, Maddison, Son; Solanke.

Lucas Bergvall missed Sweden’s fixtures in the international break but the Tottenham midfielder is over his illness and may well feature.

While Richarlison is back in training and has an outside chance of involvement, both Dejan Kulusevski and Kevin Danso are a couple of weeks away from a return.