Every word from Mauricio Pochettino on Nkunku injury, Chilwell, Badiashile and Chelsea vs Fulham

Mauricio Pochettino was once again the centre of attention as the Chelsea head coach held his pre-match press conference. Pochettino has received plenty of criticism in recent days following the Blues' defeat to Middlesbrough in the first-leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final.

Chelsea were poor in their defeat at the Riverside Stadium that led to more questions amongst supporters over the Argentine's future at the club. However, football.london understands the Blues' position regarding their head coach has not changed.

So, inevitably, there were a host of questions regarding a whole variety of subjects for Pochettino to answer in his press conference at Cobham. Below is a full transcript from the Chelsea head coach.

Team news?

«Yes, good news about Chilwell and Ben [Badiashile]. We need to assess Carney Chukwuemeka if he will be available or not. But Chilly and Benoit I think yes, for sure, they will be involved in the squad for tomorrow.

»Also the good news is that Trevoh Chalobah has started to work with the group. We need to assess day by day to see if he can help us. But he doing well. He's been training now with the group."

Good news about Ben and Benoit...

«Yes, of course. Whenever you recover a player it is important they can be involved. I do worry about the situation of Nkunku. I think it's now [been] 10 days he cannot train. We are assessing him. We don't know what's going to happen.

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»I'm a little bit worried about the situation of Nkunku but I think it's good news that players like Chalobah, Chilwell, Badiashile and Chukwuemeka.