What Enzo Fernandez did to Ian Maatsen as Mauricio Pochettino sends stars clear transfer message

football.london take a look at just a few of the talking points to arise from Chelsea's draw with Newcastle United in the Premier League Summer Series in Atlanta

Mauricio Pochettino's message

It's been a consistent theme of Chelsea's press conferences whilst in the United States, that Pochettino has been desperate to impress that the Blues must work to gain balance in their squad. On this occasion it was something he seemed to circle back around to, even if the question wasn't directly related, to ensure his point was put across.

The Blues boss wants bodies in but has painted a picture that the group certainly cannot be too large. He will not take the entire squad that travelled to the USA into the season, that much is clear.

Pochettino noted in his press conference: "First of all I think we need to define the squad as I think we are 29 players here and it is massive, the squad. At the moment the dynamic is very good, really good guys and they are sharing time together. It is difficult because sometimes in every game three, four, five players cannot play and that is difficult because the mood is difficult.

"It is about creating a squad with good balance and people who have the opportunity to play and can compete for their place. That is a big job and challenge for us in the transfer window to build a good relationship and good balance and then okay, if players are not happy because they believe they are not going to play, we are going to find a solution with the club and fix the situation. What we cannot have is a massive squad, players not be involved and then it's going to create a mess in the squad. Maybe less is more and more is less, it is not mathematic. That is why I need to make clear we don't need a big squad. We