Maresca on Chelsea latest ahead of FA Cup trip to Brighton

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Maresca on Chelsea latest ahead of FA Cup trip to Brighton  07/02/2025  Cobham training Centre, Surrey, UK

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00:00How are Jackson and Guido after the injury?

00:29Mark, unfortunately, it's a bad injury and Nico is better.

00:38Is Jackson fit for this weekend?

00:42Could be, also could be a risk, we'll see, but it doesn't look like a long injury.

00:51Guido is long term?

00:53Could be, yeah.

00:54Can you tell us any more?

00:55No, because we are still waiting, but it doesn't look like a short injury.

01:01It looks like a long injury.

01:04Exactly how long?

01:05I don't know.

01:06Weeks?

01:07Months?

01:08Yeah, probably weeks, months, yeah.

01:11And Lavia?

01:12Any update?

01:13No, no.

01:14Romeo is still in the process to come back, but it's still a long way to go.

01:19In terms of the injury to strikers, I know Jackson is not serious, are you confident

01:23you've got enough cover there?

01:25Yeah, absolutely.

01:27Before last games we had two strikers, Nico and Mark.

01:33Sometimes we had that also Cristo there, but in case both are out, we're going to find

01:39some different solution.

01:41Reflecting on the transfer window, how happy were you with the business you did?

01:46Would you like to have added a striker to your squad ideally?

01:49No, I think I said after the game, the worst time game probably, that the things that we

01:56planned, we did everything in terms of players that they had the desire to leave and players

02:04that we need.

02:05At the end I think we did all the things that we need.

02:09And could we see Cristo and could he play a bigger role going forward for the rest of

02:13the season?

02:14Yeah, for sure, for sure.

02:16I spoke already last week about Cristo, probably against West Ham he played already more or

02:24less half an hour and hopefully from now on he can get more minutes and help us.

02:30Can you see him really showing his best side, reaching his potential here?

02:34Absolutely, absolutely yes.

02:36I was with the club all together, we were sure before the window transfer that Cristo

02:43was one of the players that our intention was to keep him.

02:49I just wanted to ask about Jean-Philippe in that regard, what happened there?

02:52Because I think earlier in the window you said you wanted to keep him but then maybe

02:56towards the end he was allowed to go to AC Milan?

02:59Nothing happened, simply I said many times that players train every day and they want

03:04to play all the games but unfortunately they are just 11 playing all the games and we decided

03:12all together that it was a good option for him to leave.

03:15What did he say to you about his games and stuff like that?

03:19Was he frustrated with the lack of minutes?

03:21No.

03:22Is he leaving helping in Cancun as well?

03:24No, to be honest he never complained, he has been very good with us professionally, it's

03:29just a matter of my decision and I said many times the reason why is because I think we

03:36need a defensive balance and when you have so many attacking players sometimes you can

03:40concede a transition or a goal and I don't like that.

03:45You're going to put your UEFA squad together, you've probably already sent your squad to

03:49UEFA now and we're waiting to find out who's in it.

03:52Can you tell us if you put Parma, Labier and Wesley Pifano in the squad or how you've managed

03:58that situation?

03:59No, we'll see.

04:00Now it depends a little bit also the injury we have from last game so we're going to decide

04:05in the next hours.

04:06OK, cameras off please.

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