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Chelsea's Maresca on transfers and Wolves challenge (Full Presser)
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30/08/2024
Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca on their transfer window and their upcoming Premier League clash with Wolves
Cobham, London, UK
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00:00
Great Enzo, how are you? All good?
00:04
Good, yes.
00:05
Good, good. Firstly, team news, what's the latest team news, how are the injured players
00:10
doing?
00:11
We don't have any update at the moment in terms of the situation is still the same,
00:18
that means Rhys is still injured and Romeo.
00:23
It's been almost three months for you here now at Chelsea, has it gone to plan would
00:27
you say?
00:28
Very happy, I think at the moment it's less than two months still, very happy. In my expectation
00:38
we are ahead so I'm very happy about this and the good thing is, as we said, we just
00:44
started so we have many things that we need to improve but we are in the right direction.
00:51
How pleased were you with what you saw away at Wolves, the performance from your players?
00:56
I was very happy, I was not happy because we lost against City but I think the performance
01:03
against City was good, everyone now talk about Wolves because we won but as I said we are
01:10
in the right direction that for me at this moment is the most important thing.
01:15
Would you say the Chelsea fans got a clear indication of how you want to play this season,
01:20
the style of football?
01:22
The style is clear, this is the way we like to play, logically sometimes there is also
01:28
another team that they are there trying to do the best for them so sometimes it's not
01:33
easy but overall I think since day one the identity of the team is quite clear and hopefully
01:41
as I said day by day we can improve and we can win more games.
01:45
A hat-trick of assists for Cole Palmer, there were a lot of people saying it was going to
01:49
be hard for him to replicate his numbers from last season but how impressed are you
01:54
with what you've seen so far?
01:57
Very impressed with Cole even if I know him very well from already many years, as you
02:03
said it's never easy to repeat again the same numbers than last year in terms of goal and
02:08
assists but I think the most important thing for Cole is to enjoy football, to relax, don't
02:13
feel pressure on his shoulders, he has to enjoy every day, training, the game and then
02:18
goals and assists they are going to come for sure.
02:22
Thiago Silva, Conor Gallagher both left, they were big leaders in the dressing room, who
02:27
do you turn to, who do you look to as your leadership group in that dressing room?
02:33
In this moment we have different players that behave like captains but I said since day
02:38
one I like all of them to take responsibility and feel like a captain, at the end I know
02:43
that only one is going to be the captain inside the pitch but the important thing is that
02:47
all of them they feel part of that and they feel responsibility and in this moment we
02:53
have Reece, we have Enzo, we have I said Levi could be one of the captains, we have four
03:01
or five players that they can be.
03:03
Looking at your squad now, how pleased are you with what you've got and what would you like?
03:10
I really like the squad, I said that since day one, since my first year I said that,
03:16
I feel very lucky because we have many players that they can play in different positions,
03:20
they are versatile, that is something that I love and I feel lucky, I feel happy because
03:27
they are first of all good boy, good person, good human being and then they are very good
03:32
players so this is important.
03:34
You've made it clear which players you want to work with, obviously there are some training
03:39
away from the group, if they aren't to get that move away, what will happen then, will
03:43
you bring them back in, do you have a plan for that?
03:45
At the moment we have still four or five days, three or four days, I don't know how many
03:49
days for the window transfer, we'll see what happens, so in this moment I think we cannot
03:55
give any information or any update because we don't know how we finish when close but
04:02
we're going to see.
04:03
Will there be a sense of relief for you when the window does close, you finally know the
04:08
group of players you'll be working with?
04:13
I think it's something for all the managers to be honest because the squad is close and
04:18
you can work just with that squad, that numbers so you feel a bit better but I said already
04:25
two or three times, since we start I'm working with around 25 players so you can manage quite
04:30
well.
04:32
First Premier League game, Stamford Bridge, Crystal Palace, how important is it to carry
04:36
that good momentum from the game against Wolves?
04:42
We are the conference league against Cervé, also we won, then it was Wolves away, hopefully
04:48
we can continue with the Palace and we'll see, we're going to try our best to win that
04:56
game too.
04:57
Palace have lost both their games so far but they seem to be a serious team under Oliver
05:01
Glasner, what kind of game are you expecting?
05:04
Absolutely, I watched both games, probably they didn't deserve to lose to be honest but
05:08
this is football and they are a very good team since last year they finished fantastic
05:13
and for sure this year they're going to be again there and they're going to do some good
05:18
results.
05:19
Have you felt a connection with the Chelsea fans at Stamford Bridge or too early to say?
05:26
We really enjoyed the other day, Wolves away, with away fans it's always special because
05:32
you can hear them more, at home we played just one game against City and then Cervé,
05:39
I think the game against City and also against Cervé they were fantastic the fans so hopefully
05:44
we can give them a good day, a joy and we can enjoy it all together.
05:50
Fans aren't overly patient, they want to see results straight away, do you feel that pressure
05:55
or do you feel like you've been given time?
05:58
No, I feel pressure for myself in terms of we want to play good and we want to win games
06:04
but sometimes it's not so automatic, you need a little bit of process but I just focus to
06:12
be honest in the day by day to try to improve players, improve the team and then we'll see.
06:18
Good luck.
06:20
Thank you Enzo.
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