Andrey Santos transfer plan revealed as Mauricio Pochettino drops massive Chelsea team news hint

Mauricio Pochettino spoke to the media this afternoon at Cobham as he and his Chelsea squad prepare for their FA Cup third round tie with Preston North End on Saturday evening. The Blues head coach addressed a number of topics in his pre-match press conference before his side play their first game of the calendar year.

After winning back-to-back matches against Crystal Palace and Luton Town before the end of 2023, Chelsea will look to build on their momentum with another win against Preston. But the club's injury situation is still quite bad, as Pochettino discussed in his press conference.

With the January transfer window now open, questions about the business Chelsea are preparing to do were inevitably on the agenda. So, with that being said, football.london rounds up the main talking points from Pochettino's latest press conference.

Pochettino spoke about the returning Andrey Santos and how the club need to make a definitive decision over his future. The young Brazilian returned from his loan spell at Nottingham Forest early and trained with the first-team on Thursday.

Santos was not played anywhere near the amount Chelsea had initially envisaged when sent to Nottingham. Now, the Blues are assessing Santos' options, with another loan spell possibly on the cards.

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«We need to sit together in an official meeting,» Pochettino told reporters. «We are always, every single day talking and assessing the squad. Now the market is open and yes, I think we have some players that we own like Andrey Santos that has come back from Nottingham Forest; players