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Chelsea head coach, Mauricio Pochettino, speaks ahead of his side's Premier League fixture at home to Nottingham Forest on Saturday.

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Mauricio Pochettino Chelsea press conference today

Timeline courtesy of Warrior J93
0:00 Intro
0:35 Cole Palmer
2:27 Will Cole Palmer be the last signing for Chelsea?
3:08 Spend on Deadline Day
4:01 Chelsea spending
5:44 Conor Gallagher
7:42 Injury updates
8:08 Progress
9:24 Chelsea last 4 games
10:07 More on Cole Palmer
10:38 Squad balance
11:06 Romelu Lukaku
11:55 Transfer window
13:52 Levi Colwill & Sterling
15:58 Romeo Lavia
16:27 Chelsea total spending
19:16 Mudryk
20:41 Outro | Please like the video and subscribe!
Transcript
00:00 How are you? Good to see you. How are you? Good to see you. I'm signing another player.
00:15 If we delay the press conference, the same can happen.
00:24 Why did you want to sign him?
00:43 I think it was when the sporting director and the owner of course, but the sporting director translated the idea to add him to the squad.
00:52 I think he's fit for the project and you know he's a young, talented player.
00:58 Of course, also he decided to come because he expects to play maybe more than, you know, and be important here.
01:09 But I think that is not the most important and the important thing is he wants to come because he's in Chelsea, a project for him and a way to improve his games and a way to maybe to be more involved in every single game.
01:24 But yes, I think the quality is there. I think it's a great, great potential.
01:29 And of course, now we need to settle here and prove and show that he's better than the team-mates and decide to play on them because he's about to fight for his place.
01:42 Do you think he's ready to make a mistake in the first team this season?
01:47 I think we need to be careful with the young guys because like the experienced players, they need time to settle and to hear from Manchester.
01:59 He's going to move to London. London is different. The club is different, the culture and everything.
02:04 And he needs to, first of all, before to start to perform, he needs to settle and be in his space and feel comfortable.
02:15 We're not going to put pressure on him to perform like any player.
02:19 And the most important thing now is to be calm and to be happy and find his space on the team.
02:26 Will he be the last signing in this summer transfer window?
02:30 I think so. I think so. I think there's no time at the moment.
02:35 If something is going on, I don't know because I didn't talk with my sporting director.
02:45 Last time was 11 o'clock and in two hours, nearly two hours, I don't know.
02:52 If something is going, if something happens, they will communicate to me after the press conference.
02:59 How do you like the situation?
03:00 That is why I know it's not to waste time to ask me something that I don't have an answer for sure.
03:07 How do you like to spend a deadline day when you're obviously trying to prepare for a game as well?
03:12 Do you ring the sporting director on a regular basis or do you think you're happy with the squad?
03:18 No, I think we are happy with the squad.
03:22 I don't believe that something happens in the next few hours in terms of playing in.
03:32 We are always in contact and we are going to have good contact.
03:36 I'm not going to spend time until the end here because we need to keep energy for tomorrow.
03:43 But yes, we always have very good communication in between, you know, owners and sporting director.
03:51 Yes, waiting for the thing that happens.
03:54 But I think in terms of signed players, I don't believe that something happens.
04:00 I was going to ask you about spending this summer is more at Chelsea in one summer than you had at 11,
04:08 during 11 transfer windows at Tottenham.
04:11 Does that impact on your coaching, on your management in any way to have just such different styles?
04:16 I think we need to explain the reality is in the same way that we sign players, we sell players.
04:23 And then it's not fair to say nothing wrong about my former club.
04:34 It's more about net spend than really what the money that you spend,
04:40 because that is the balance that the club tried not to get.
04:46 I think it was a completely different project, it was a different reality, different circumstance.
04:55 No, I think we feel comfortable, of course.
05:00 Now we need to settle all the players, players that arrive late.
05:04 We are in a process that we need to create these bases and to build this, you know, solid, you know,
05:14 a structure to perform after.
05:16 I think we are in a good way.
05:18 We need to recover all the players that are injured, players that arrive late and they need to be informed.
05:24 We are working really hard to try, you know, to be in our best.
05:28 For sure, with time, it's a matter of time.
05:32 We have the quality and I think we are going to perform in the way that all the people wait for us, expect from us.
05:42 Last one.
05:43 We talked a lot there about signing, but you mentioned the outgoings today, possibly.
05:48 Where does Conor Gallagher fit into your plans for the team and do you think he will be a Chelsea player beyond the deadline?
05:55 I think all the players that are involved in the squad are in our plan.
05:59 And then, like always I told you, after his decision of two parts, the club and the player.
06:07 In that case, always from outside, Conor was a player that was a reliable player and consistent player
06:15 that can perform in different positions.
06:17 We are so happy with him.
06:20 Another thing is circumstances or different things that happened in the past that we cannot say nothing to you.
06:30 Only we can express our feelings from the day one that we started to work and with Conor,
06:36 he was showing great commitment with the club.
06:39 We are happy with him and he was captain two days ago against Wimbledon.
06:45 I think he's an important player for us.
06:47 What is going to happen in the future, I don't know.
06:50 I cannot tell you.
06:51 It's like the player asked me, "How do you see myself in the future?"
06:56 I don't know. I cannot.
06:57 No, it's up to you.
06:59 If you are the best, you are going to play.
07:01 Even if we pay big money for some players, they need to perform.
07:06 If they don't perform, I think they don't deserve to play and they are not going to play.
07:12 That is football, no?
07:14 I think all the players that today are in the squad, they know very well and have a clear idea that they are going to play if they deserve to play.
07:21 It's not because we pay big money for some players.
07:24 They are going to be guaranteed that he's going to play.
07:27 That is a good thing that has happened now on the squad.
07:32 In that case, you asked me, we are so happy with him.
07:36 Hope that stays with us.
07:38 No news from Wimbledon?
07:50 No news.
07:52 How do you feel things have progressed since the last Premier League game?
08:18 Because of the different circumstances that we have, we are happy in the way that we are progressing.
08:26 Even if we maybe have not progressed in the way that we want, in the speed that we want.
08:30 Because to progress on the team, we need to have all the elements, all the players fit to evolve in our way to play.
08:42 And to have the capacity to train with the whole team and for them to create an environment that they can compete, improving.
08:51 At the moment, we need to, with all the circumstances, we are happy.
08:56 But it's true that maybe now we are more focused on competing and trying to get good results.
09:02 Because positive results, because that is going to help us to, for the players that will arrive to the team to be in a different mood.
09:11 But of course, now is the process that we need to compete.
09:16 Are not the best circumstances, but I'm not going to complain.
09:21 That's the circumstances that we have and we need to accept that and we need to be positive.
09:25 Are you happy with the way you've been competing so far in the first two matches?
09:30 Yes, of course.
09:31 Disappointed with the game against West Ham.
09:35 But after that, I think we are progressing and at the same time we are adapting players to these circumstances and this reality today.
09:47 Raheem Sterling said last week that he wants to be the top scorer in a club this season.
09:52 Is that something you think he can achieve?
09:54 Of course.
09:55 It's all about belief.
09:57 He has the quality to score well and to assist to the team-mate.
10:03 Yes.
10:05 John Southall, Pipeline.
10:07 Just one on Karl Palmer.
10:09 Obviously, he's been at Man City since he was eight.
10:11 They've obviously nurtured him.
10:13 He's played in a lot of big games for Man City.
10:15 So, were you surprised that he became available and that they've actually let him go?
10:19 Yes, that is a work from the club that is always focused in situations in different clubs that happen and players that can fit for us.
10:29 I cannot say that surprise or no surprise.
10:32 It's only when I appeared the opportunity, I was agree with the club to sign him.
10:38 When you came, the squad was pretty explosive, wasn't it?
10:41 Do you now think you've got the balance right?
10:47 If we see the squad, yes.
10:50 With all the injured players, maybe I cannot say that now is the perfect balance because we have plenty of players that are not available.
11:00 With the players available, I can tell, yes, I am so happy because we have good balance.
11:05 Just one on Lukaku.
11:07 Obviously, he has now gone.
11:09 Are you disappointed that you couldn't make it work with him or that he maybe didn't want to make it work?
11:15 No, I am not disappointed because it was so clear the situation and I didn't create any expectation in my mind.
11:24 Always, the club was clear in the situation.
11:30 What I hear from the club that the player wanted to leave, I believe in that.
11:40 Yes, it was so clear the circumstance.
11:42 I didn't create expectation in my mind to say, "Oh, I want to work with some players and another."
11:48 It was clear that he was not going to be here this season.
11:54 What has the transfer window been like for you?
11:59 I suspect when you were at Tottenham you didn't always get the players you wanted to.
12:03 But here, you seem to have got all the players you wanted to get.
12:07 Is that how it's worked?
12:09 It was similar when we arrived at Tottenham in 2014.
12:14 When you arrive at a club like Tottenham and now Chelsea, you need to prepare the transfer window.
12:24 It's a job that you are doing from January.
12:29 When you finish the winter transfer in January, you start to go and prepare the team for the next season.
12:36 In many situations, players in, players out, you start to work with the people, with the environment of the players.
12:44 For different circumstances, you will take different decisions.
12:48 That is why for any coach that arrives in a club, 1st of July, there are too many decisions we're taking.
12:56 Something that is going to happen, sometimes you can't stop or not.
13:02 That is why it's always difficult.
13:04 But it's similar. I am not complaining. I am a very positive person.
13:08 I was in Sao Janto, Espanyol, Tottenham and now in Chelsea.
13:13 I really believe and have the trust in the club, the owner and the sporting director.
13:18 Of course, from now, after tomorrow or today, when we finish the transfer window,
13:23 we are going to be involved in all that is going to happen in January.
13:26 Maybe we have more to say.
13:30 But it's a normal process that we need to accept.
13:35 But of course, if they are happy with us, the owner is happy with us and the sporting director, for sure.
13:41 We are going to share every single decision and of course, to be more involved than we were in the past.
13:50 Ben Jacobs talks about his first time at AE.
13:53 Can I just get your reaction to Lee Valenconwold's first England quarter?
13:57 Were you disappointed that Raheem was omitted?
14:01 For me, all my players deserve the best.
14:07 I am not going to say nothing against the managers that are involved in the national team.
14:18 It's their decision.
14:19 What we want to do is to provide better tools and we are going to push even more
14:27 so that the players that cannot achieve today the call from the national team,
14:35 if next month they have the possibility to be there and to be called for the national team.
14:45 Only what we want to do is to push even more Raheem, to try to convince the manager.
14:54 I am sure that he is going to work hard and it's going to be a motivation for the next month.
15:02 He needs to keep going working, keep scoring and assisting and helping the team to win points.
15:11 You asked me about Levi. No, it didn't surprise me.
15:15 I think he is a player that is performing really well last season in the Euros,
15:23 in the U21s and now he is starting the season very well with Chelsea.
15:29 I think he is a big talent.
15:31 He is a player that can play in different positions like we have seen,
15:34 central back or full back. The quality is there, great character.
15:41 Yes, he is a great player. I am happy for him and of course hoping that the next international
15:53 we have more players involved in that case in England.
15:58 Does the game come too soon for Romelu Lavia to make his debut?
16:08 Yes, it is still soon for him.
16:11 Are you in a position to confirm anything on Callum Hudson?
16:17 I don't know. I don't know anything about him.
16:22 Is he going to play or not? I don't know.
16:25 The last three windows Chelsea's total spending is around a billion.
16:34 Just give me your reaction to that incredible number.
16:38 Before I was telling you, buy and sell, I don't know for how much the club was selling players.
16:52 Yes, you can talk about being very surprised about that or not. It depends.
17:01 Today football is... we need to evolve. Football today is different.
17:09 Completely different. We manage different types of numbers.
17:15 20 years ago we thought it was going to happen. Maybe no one believed.
17:25 But today I think it is normal in football. This type of money moving around.
17:34 It is a big business. We cannot stop. I think we all get the benefit that we are here.
17:41 I think we cannot be hypocrite.
17:45 It is to be involved in football. If we were in different areas, you there or me here.
17:52 We are living about all that produces this business.
17:58 I am not going to be here to give a lesson to anyone.
18:03 I think football is about to get a good balance.
18:08 I think Chelsea is spending money but also is selling players.
18:13 Money in and money out.
18:16 Always in that case, people arrive in a club, in Premier League,
18:27 like arrive our owners, it is normal.
18:30 They want to settle and to develop their project.
18:36 We are people that are going to help them to be right in the decision.
18:42 Because we are a professional football.
18:45 Giving our vision and advices.
18:50 Of course, after it is up to them.
18:53 That is a very special situation that happened from the beginning.
18:57 But for sure, the club is not keeping for years doing what they do in the past.
19:07 He is a very talented player. I think we spoke a lot.
19:25 First of all, before to talk about football, to talk about plays,
19:32 he feels comfortable.
19:35 He feels really strong.
19:40 He needs to feel strong in his body.
19:42 He suffered from the beginning.
19:45 Before, I remember the Euros only played one game.
19:48 Because he was waiting and was suffering some injuries.
19:52 Now, he arrived here and never was consistent in training.
19:56 Always something happened.
19:58 Now, we are focusing to try to help him.
20:00 For him to be really strong, healthy and feel good after to start to perform.
20:08 No one can perform if you don't feel strong and really confident in your body.
20:16 Now, it is time that we need to build his confidence.
20:20 He is holistic like everyone.
20:23 In all the areas, he needs to feel good.
20:27 We are working.
20:28 I hope in the next few weeks, he starts to find his best form to start to help the team.
20:38 We will leave it there. Cameras off, please.
20:40 That is the end of the broadcast.
20:41 Thank you for your time.
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