Maresca on Felix signing and impact he could have at Chelsea
Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca on their signing of Joao Felix and the impact he could have at the club ahead of their Premier League trip to Wolves
Stamford Bridge, London, UK
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00:00Is there a chance that Jalphelix could play on Sunday?
00:04If he is available and for sure he can get chances to play.
00:09Do you think he's ready to go straight in?
00:12In terms of knowing the way we want to play, probably not yet.
00:17In terms of physicality, I think he's ready because he was already playing games there.
00:21So it's just to understand if he needs more time to understand the way we want to play.
00:29But overall I think he can play.
00:32Could I ask what prompted you to go for him?
00:35I mean he came out early, he seems very excited to be back.
00:40He obviously spent six months here before.
00:43What did you see in him that made you want to bring him back to Chelsea?
00:47For sure, for sure.
00:49Tonight I think was the perfect game for him.
00:53In terms of also using him as a nine.
00:56For me he can do that fantastic.
01:00Dropping and give us extra men when we need more passes, more possession.
01:04And then to find the right moment to attack.
01:06I think he can do that very good.
01:08He can play as attacking midfielder.
01:11If we need he can play also outside.
01:13So he can play in different positions.
01:16The last time he made his Chelsea debut was at Fulham.
01:20He played magnificently for an hour and then got sent off.
01:22How important will it be to make sure that he doesn't cross the line,
01:27shall we say, if he plays on Sunday?
01:29No, yeah.
01:29I think he's mature enough to understand what he has to do.
01:35And also hopefully he learns from his mistakes in the past and he can do better.
01:41But overall I think, as I said already, it's a player that is going to help us.