🗣 Eden Hazard: "For me, it's easy. He [Jose Mourinho] was always saying to me, 'you want day-off on Sunday? you have to produce on Saturday.'
I was like, what? Day off on Sunday? I'm gonna give you everything on the pitch, thank you so much."
~ @netflix
🗣 John Terry: "Playing against Didier Drogba every week day in training was worse than playing in half my league games.
So, when it got to the weekend, it was like, "this is fairly easy." Like nothing could happen."
~ @netflix
Marco Palestra on the biggest difference he has noticed since joining Chelsea:
🗣️ “After playing my first games here, I understand even more why I chose Chelsea.
The quality and intensity in training surprised me. Every session feels like a competition. You have to be ready physically, but also mentally, because there are so many talented players around you.
Xabi Alonso demands a lot from us. He wants us to be brave, aggressive and confident with the ball. As a full-back, I have a lot of freedom, but that also comes with responsibility.
I’m still adapting, but I feel I’m improving every day.
And then there is Reece James. We haven’t trained or played together yet, but he contacted me when I joined and sent me a beautiful message. That meant a lot to me.
The Premier League is going to be a completely different challenge from Serie A, but after these first games I feel more confident.
I didn’t come here just to experience English football. I came here to compete, to win trophies and to become an important player for Chelsea and one day be considered one of the best full-backs in Europe.”
🚨🇺🇦 Chelsea are open to considering loan proposals for Mykhaylo Mudryk to let him play regularly after return.
Italian clubs as well as RC Strasbourg are options but understand Mudryk’s preference would be a loan to a Premier League club.
🚨 Enzo Fernandez is part of Chelsea's plans.
A further indication of that is Fernandez paid his first visit to Cobham on Monday even though he was scheduled to have his first training session following his post-World Cup holiday on Wednesday. 💪
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🗣 Frank Lampard: "A few days before the start of the season, we go into the shower, and then José walks in. He turned to me and said, "You are the best player in the world."
I was certainly not agreeing with him, but I was like, "Well, thanks, boss. And then he said, "You are the best player in the world. But you can't be because you haven't got titles. And until you win titles, that won't be the case."
I don't ever think he thought I was the best player in the world because I wasn't. But what he did was, he boosted me up. It had one of the biggest effects on my life. That shows you the power of good man management, I guess."
~ @netflix
My hot take for the new season is that Valentin Barco will have a lot of fan support. Anyone who has watched him regularly knows that he possesses really good technical ability, is always forward-thinking with passes and wins a really solid number of duels for his size. He is a fighter.
🚨🔵 Xabi Alonso:
"We want to have a great team spirit. It’s my belief that this is what carries you through a season. When you are competing, when you face difficulties, it’s togetherness and trust that can help you find solutions."
"The team is the most important; this has been the message. We have seen in the matches the players supporting each other on the pitch and we need to keep this going forward."
(@ChelseaFC) #CFC
An 8-year-old boy walked through those doors. A man walks out. Dream lived. Purpose fulfilled. To every academy player at Chelsea: keep believing. Your time will come. Never give up. 💙
@CFCMods Guess you just started supporting Chelsea 6 years ago.
John Terry got into the first directly from Cobham at 17 in 1998 and he went on to become the captain in 2003.
Hudson Odoi went straight into the first team from Cobham at 17 in 2018.
So, Josh is not the first player