00:00Levi Colwell and Giovanni Quenda weren't in the squad for the game on Thursday night.
00:05Were there any issues there at all?
00:08No, there were no issues.
00:10Our plan is that they are training tomorrow, preparing for Sunday.
00:16With Levi, we know that three games in a week after the injury,
00:22he is in a period that he needs to go taking the right steps,
00:26so we don't want to push him too much.
00:29He doesn't get stressed too much and he feels comfortable as well and with you as well.
00:35Do you think he may meet contention?
00:38He is training, hopefully training tomorrow, and we are hopeful that he can be involved.
00:44But we need to check. Still no decision made.
00:46You spoke about three games in the space of seven days.
00:50It feels like it could be a lot for somebody like Rhys James, somebody like Cole Farmer.
00:54How about issues over the last two or three years?
00:56I hope not.
00:58Do you know who is going to start and goal on Sunday?
01:03Yes.
01:05Will Robert Sanchez get another opportunity?
01:07Don't ask. I know.
01:10I know, but I prefer to tell the players first the line-up.
01:15If Enzo was to leave before Tuesday's deadline, does he need to be replaced by another midfielder?
01:22No, we have been talking about speculations.
01:24I'm sorry, but I'm not the one that's talking too early about things, so we need to see what happens.
01:31We want to be ready always.
01:34We want to be ready.
01:35Good evening.
01:36And tonight was your first official competitive in managing here at home for Chelsea.
01:41We could hear the fans singing your name several times.
01:45How nice was the league?
01:46It's nice.
01:47I think that we are happy to have that support, myself as well to have this welcome from the
01:52fans.
01:53I felt since I was here the first day that they were happy that we were starting this new time
02:02together.
02:02And now it's time to deliver.
02:05Now it's time to show every weekend.
02:08We have had just two games.
02:10Good start, but still early days.
02:12And on Sunday we have a good game.
02:15It's a good test to see where we are.
02:18Danny Weldek scored tonight.
02:19He's facing his former side over the weekend.
02:22I was wondering about Danny.
02:23Are you aware of his stats as a Broncos player against Chelsea?
02:26Yes, I am aware and happy that he's with us.
02:30When you decided to recruit Danny, alongside the experience, in his 19 seasons, what else
02:37made you decide his right position for?
02:40He has many qualities.
02:41As a player, you see how intelligent he is.
02:45He links well.
02:47Out of the box, he's able to combine.
02:49In the box, he's very intelligent to be in the right place.
02:52We have seen it tonight.
02:55Tonight, on a daily basis, he's a great influence for the rest of the players.
03:00He trains really hard.
03:02He's raising all the standards in training.
03:05And that's something that we think is important.
03:08Brighton this weekend.
03:09And how impressed would you be with stuff at Earth, with work at Brighton and so forth?
03:13I know him very well from Germany, from São Paulo.
03:16And I know him from my time in Germany, so he's developing the team.
03:26New players, a very intense team with interesting things.
03:33So that's why it's going to be a good clash and a good test for Sunday.
03:39What have you made of a lot of the players there?
03:42We've seen a lot of the players that maybe had in pre-season leaving Chelsea getting transferred fees.
03:47You said you wanted the squad to be smaller at certain points.
03:51Can we get to the point where a lot of the things that are happening are happening?
03:54Yeah, we are quite close to the plan that we had.
03:57For sure, we will see where we finish, if it's fully executed,
04:01or there are some things that are still to be done or we couldn't make.
04:07But for sure, I think that overall the balance of what we have is going to be good.
04:13And we need to see how it will develop the last few days.
04:16But so far, the team is coming together.
04:20This is a process that will take time.
04:22But we are in good position and just a few more days to see.
04:27In Australia, you said you wanted four or five centre-backs.
04:31I was wondering maybe across the squad, how many players do you think you need
04:34that would be easy to manage in a season without Champions League or European football?
04:39It's important to respect and to know that not all the players are in the same stage of their career.
04:48Some players they are established, some players it's their first year in a club like Chelsea,
04:53even in the Premier League.
04:54So everything is in a different stage.
04:58And that they understand that, that they know that.
05:01But being all in the cohesion of the team, it's so...
05:07I don't have a number, I have an idea.
05:09So we will be close to that.
05:13Do you think of a squad where there's not people left out and getting frustrated?
05:19Because surely that would make it harder?
05:21I hope not.
05:21I hope not.
05:22We know in which context has each player, but hopefully all of them, they will feel involved
05:31that we are in the boat and everyone is feeling that we are pulling in the same direction.
05:38I want to ask you about one of those young defenders, Josh Hachenponga maybe hasn't been trusted as much,
05:44there's a lot of fans who feel like he should have had more trust,
05:47sure, anything by the previous managers.
05:49They started against Fulham, he started again tonight,
05:51it seems like you could be the manager to put that trust in him.
05:55How much faith have you got?
05:58With Josh, in precision we saw that he has been getting better and better.
06:04For me, when he plays with confidence, when he plays with aggressivity,
06:10he has a lot of attributes for a modern defender,
06:15because he can play in different positions, he's good with the ball, he understands.
06:20So I've seen a progression in these few weeks that we have been together,
06:26and he has played very solid games against Fulham tonight,
06:30so we are happy that he's feeling this way,
06:33and we need to help him.
06:35There will be different moments in the season for sure,
06:37because we want to have a healthy competition in many positions,
06:42in all positions I would say,
06:43and Josh is doing well and we are happy for him, and he's happy as well.
06:48Do you think he'll be wanting to start again against Brighton,
06:51given he wanted to bring you that confidence in?
06:56He will be in the squad and he can be selected also,
07:00but we will see on Sunday, he did well tonight.
07:02OK, we'll do the last couple, we'll go Dom and then finish with the women on the third row.
07:07When you were explaining why Fernandes wasn't in the squad against Liverpool,
07:11you did mention that part of the decision was to do match minutes that other players needed them,
07:16but that can't be the reason why Enzo is in the squad.
07:19It's one of your best players.
07:20No, no, I've said that we need the players that are in the best situation to play,
07:26and we need to take everything in consideration.
07:29Players that are in good moments, players that are not feeling that energy to play,
07:34and for me it's very important that they feel that this desire to play and to have good preparation.
07:42Has he not been in the best moment then?
07:44We talked and we decided that for tonight it was better to not to be part of the squad.
07:50But he's the player.
07:52No doubt about that.
07:54I will finish with the women on third row.
07:56So, great team start this team so far, but still a long way to go.
08:00And when we talk about players like Jordan, how important are they,
08:04with the balance of young and experienced players on the squad,
08:07how important are they to the rebuilding of the team throughout the season?
08:11Well, not rebuilding to help, but not just them.
08:15I think Rhys, Lacroix, Maxence, Morgan as well.
08:22Even being young, they have good impact.
08:25So, that was a very important decision on the squad planning,
08:30that we were bringing players that will add not just on the field,
08:35as well on the ready-to-compete players.
08:39And we have seen that they don't need much time to have a good impact.
08:43And we are happy with that.
08:45And Jordan, we are waiting still for him that he recovers.
08:49Hopefully, he will have the green light to play soon.
08:57But they are bringing a lot of good qualities on the pitch and off the pitch, for sure.
09:01Yeah, absolutely.
09:02I think after the match, I mean, Cole was talking about how there's a different energy,
09:06I suppose, and again, still just the start of the scene, and it was a long way to go.
09:09But as much as the on-pitch performance is important, so it's the off-pitch,
09:13and you've obviously talked about mentality. So, yeah, I think…
09:15Yeah, the mentality is fundamental nowadays in football, and as well to react.
09:22When the ball will have, for sure, bumps on the road, and we need to prepare for that.
09:27How we react, how we stick together, how we keep with the same mentality,
09:31it's going to be very important as well.
09:35So, early days, good things, but things to develop and to progress on them.
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