Maresca on Chelsea latest ahead of FA Cup trip to Brighton
07/02/2025
Cobham training Centre, Surrey, UK
07/02/2025
Cobham training Centre, Surrey, UK
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00:00How are Jackson and Guido after the injury?
00:29Mark, unfortunately, it's a bad injury and Nico is better.
00:38Is Jackson fit for this weekend?
00:42Could be, also could be a risk, we'll see, but it doesn't look like a long injury.
00:51Guido is long term?
00:53Could be, yeah.
00:54Can you tell us any more?
00:55No, because we are still waiting, but it doesn't look like a short injury.
01:01It looks like a long injury.
01:04Exactly how long?
01:05I don't know.
01:06Weeks?
01:07Months?
01:08Yeah, probably weeks, months, yeah.
01:11And Lavia?
01:12Any update?
01:13No, no.
01:14Romeo is still in the process to come back, but it's still a long way to go.
01:19In terms of the injury to strikers, I know Jackson is not serious, are you confident
01:23you've got enough cover there?
01:25Yeah, absolutely.
01:27Before last games we had two strikers, Nico and Mark.
01:33Sometimes we had that also Cristo there, but in case both are out, we're going to find
01:39some different solution.
01:41Reflecting on the transfer window, how happy were you with the business you did?
01:46Would you like to have added a striker to your squad ideally?
01:49No, I think I said after the game, the worst time game probably, that the things that we
01:56planned, we did everything in terms of players that they had the desire to leave and players
02:04that we need.
02:05At the end I think we did all the things that we need.
02:09And could we see Cristo and could he play a bigger role going forward for the rest of
02:13the season?
02:14Yeah, for sure, for sure.
02:16I spoke already last week about Cristo, probably against West Ham he played already more or
02:24less half an hour and hopefully from now on he can get more minutes and help us.
02:30Can you see him really showing his best side, reaching his potential here?
02:34Absolutely, absolutely yes.
02:36I was with the club all together, we were sure before the window transfer that Cristo
02:43was one of the players that our intention was to keep him.
02:49I just wanted to ask about Jean-Philippe in that regard, what happened there?
02:52Because I think earlier in the window you said you wanted to keep him but then maybe
02:56towards the end he was allowed to go to AC Milan?
02:59Nothing happened, simply I said many times that players train every day and they want
03:04to play all the games but unfortunately they are just 11 playing all the games and we decided
03:12all together that it was a good option for him to leave.
03:15What did he say to you about his games and stuff like that?
03:19Was he frustrated with the lack of minutes?
03:21No.
03:22Is he leaving helping in Cancun as well?
03:24No, to be honest he never complained, he has been very good with us professionally, it's
03:29just a matter of my decision and I said many times the reason why is because I think we
03:36need a defensive balance and when you have so many attacking players sometimes you can
03:40concede a transition or a goal and I don't like that.
03:45You're going to put your UEFA squad together, you've probably already sent your squad to
03:49UEFA now and we're waiting to find out who's in it.
03:52Can you tell us if you put Parma, Labier and Wesley Pifano in the squad or how you've managed
03:58that situation?
03:59No, we'll see.
04:00Now it depends a little bit also the injury we have from last game so we're going to decide
04:05in the next hours.
04:06OK, cameras off please.