Maresca to face media before Barrow in the cup

Suddenly the noise around Chelsea has dissolved into the background.

They are winning and the two co-controlling owners Behdad Eghbali and Todd Boehly were pictured at the London Stadium together, watching the 3-0 win away at West Ham on Saturday.

That is not to say all is rosy behind the scenes at ownership level but at least it is clearly having little impact on results.

As Eghbali and Boehly battle to buy each other out, Chelsea look ready to make progress under Enzo Maresca who believes the team are ahead of where he expected them to be at this stage of the season.

They are taking on his ideas rapidly and picking up results when they play well and even when they do not.

Next should be a routine win at home to League Two table toppers Barrow on Tuesday night at Stamford Bridge in the Carabao Cup.

Maresca is likely to be asked about these topics:

• Whether he will give chances to any academy players

• How he will approach the League Cup while in five competitions

• Whether Chelsea can win something this season

• And perhaps about the good form of Nicolas Jackson, Moises Caicedo and Levi Colwill.