Liam Rosenior has cast further doubt on Enzo Fernández’s future by admitting a “few hurdles” need to be overcome to resolve the midfielder’s situation. The Argentina international will sit out the Chelsea’s Premier League game against Manchester City after Rosenior confirmed he would not overturn an internal two-match suspension.

Fernández received the in-house ban after an interview during the international break in which he appeared to court Real Madrid. He missed last weekend’s FA Cup quarter-final victory over Port Vale and has since apologised for his comments. Rosenior expressed hope Fernández would be a “massive part of the group moving forward” but said there were issues to clear up.

“I had three or four [conversations] with Enzo,” the head coach said. “He’s apologised to me, he’s apologised to the club, and we’ll deal with that after a massive game on Sunday.”

Asked about the talks he said: “It’s a serious meeting about something very serious that Enzo has said. Every single step along this way, I’m not questioning Enzo’s character, I’m not questioning who he is as a person. I believe people make mistakes and you can’t overstep the punishment for the mistake. We’ve made a sanction,...