Maresca believes Chilwell will have a significant impact at Chelsea this season, advising him to depart his comfort zone

The England defender was instructed to seek a new club and excluded from the squad during the summer.

However, he did play in the Carabao Cup in midweek and may well be involved in Premier League action too.

Maresca stated: "Yeah, in the moment that we need, why not? I said already many times and I will say again; in the moment Chilly is with us, he is one of the Chelsea players and one of our players. If we need, we can give him time and minutes."

On whether he should have not told Chilwell to leave, he added: "We all make mistakes. 

“Probably yes or probably no. I'm here to make decisions; sometimes they are good decisions, sometimes they are not good but the only thing I can say is that there is not any bad intention from me. It's to think about the best thing for the club."