Every word Mauricio Pochettino said on Caicedo injury, Jackson meeting, Aston Villa and James
Is no European football a blessing in disguise this week?
Yes because I think for us it's about us recovering players from injury. The circumstance is good to have time to work. It was a very good week, we worked really hard with the players we have and then time to recover players. If you involved in European competition it is difficult. For the fans, of course it is difficult because normally Chelsea are involved in the competition but at the moment we are not. We need to take advantage of the situation.
Positive news on Moises Caicedo, Noni Madueke and Marc Cucurella?
Moi we need to assess tomorrow, he was training in an individual way, not with the team until today. We need to assess tomorrow and see for Sunday. Marc suffered a fever and is back when we restarted training. Noni was involved also during the week in training. Maybe we need one day more, maybe Armando Broja can be involved, maybe Sunday. Not sure, we need to assess him tomorrow. We need to recover players and it is important many players start be available to be involved again.
Has there been a setback for Benoit Badiashile?
Yeah but it was in a different muscle but it was minor, it was small. He was training with Reece James. I think Reece and Chukwuemeka and also Chalobah are very close to start training with the team.
How important is it to get the fans onside at Stamford Bridge?
I really believe they are going to be behind us. It's normal when you don't win, all are disappointed and like I said in my press conference, it's normal they show their feelings and emotions after a draw. We need to understand our circumstance, I'm not going to say they need to understand our circumstance because fans are fans and they want to win always. For sure we are
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