Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri had ruled out January sale of Emerson Palmieri, despite reported interest from Serie A giants Juventus.
Emerson put in a fine display to help his side beat Tottenham Hotspur in the Carabao Cup semi-final on Thursday evening - seizing his chance to replace Marcos Alonso at left-back and making a solid argument for playing more regularly.
Speaking after the big London derby win, via Chelsea's official Twitter page, Sarri said: "Emerson will stay with us for sure. Emerson for us is very important. He is improving. Sometimes I have a little problem to put him in the starting XI because we're not a very physical team.