Every word Mauricio Pochettino said on James, Nkunku, Lavia and what is annoying him at Chelsea

Mauricio Pochettino once again took to the hotseat at Chelsea's Cobham training base to face the media ahead of the Blues' trip to Wolves. A Christmas Eve spent at Molineux may not have been how Chelsea's head coach and his team expected to spend Christmas Eve but a win would send everyone into the big day in a good mood.

There was not shortage of topics for the Blues boss to discuss on Friday afternoon ahead of the game as Chelsea's injury issues continued. Pochettino provided an update on Romeo Lavia that turned into a rant over players' demands for playing time.

In addition to that he reflected on Reece James' surgery that bids to deal with his persistent hamstring issues, while the European Super League also came up in conversation, and just how big the festive period is for the Blues with fixtures against Wolves, Crystal Palace and Luton Town to come in quick succession. football.london details the full transcript below.

How is Reece James?

I think he feels well. We were talking and he has started his recovery, he is one day closer to being with the group. This is really positive, we are all positive around him, we are going to help, involved in this way. It is always tough for a player with a very complicated, difficult season for him. Now is the process to start to recover. One day less until he is part of the group and we are going to take in a positive way because the most important thing is to start to solve the problem and of course, helping him to be strong, being positive, because it is an important thing and that is why this amazing institute that the club has to support in that case for Reece to be in his best form and recover as soon as possible.

Timeframe?

We don't know, for several weeks. I don't know if