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‍ 🎙 Calum McFarlane's full Pre-Sunderland press conference:

🔹Calum McFarlane on Joao Pedro and Levi Colwill: "They both trained today. Both promising and we're hopeful they'll be fit for Sunday. No other updates."

🔹Calum McFarlane on Spurs performance: "We knew it would be a challenge physically and mentally. We pushed as hard as we could. We were good value for the 1-0 lead. We got the second goal and didn't have much more push. That's not how we want the game to look but two or three days after the final, you could see the affects from that game."

🔹Calum McFarlane on Stamford Bridge atmosphere: "Stamford Bridge was brilliant - it's probably the best atmosphere I've seen since being in the first team. It comes from us when we start games right. We didn't do that in the Forest game. It helps so much for us."

🔹Calum McFarlane on his experience as interim: "Great learning and experience. It's a massive challenge. Really thankful to the club for the opportunity and really thankful for the players."

🔹Calum McFarlane on Sunderland trip: "It's going to be a great game - both teams need to win. We need one more push, three points and hopefully get ourselves up the table."

🔹Calum McFarlane on Reece James: "Reece has trained today. We'll play it day by day with Reece. He's fit and in good condition but we know we need to manage him carefully. He played a lot of minutes in the final - and that will take it out of you."

🔹Calum McFarlane on Cole Palmer not in England squad: "I don't want to comment on that - it's not got anything to do with me. The England manager has made a decision so it's best to speak to him. We have full belief in Cole and we will be relying on him on Sunday."

🔹Calum McFarlane on Palmer's England setback: "I think in life and in football, you need to take every setback as a positive. There's going to be lots of them - moments like this. And if you have the right mindset, you can turn it into a positive."

🔹Calum McFarlane on players not being called up to World Cup squads: "In terms of Cole and the England announcement, that was made at 10am - we haven't had time to speak or get a feel for the group. Training was really good. I'm sure we'll have those conversations in the coming days and see how they are."

🔹Calum McFarlane on Hato's development: "It's always challenging; someone so young, coming from a different league. The Premier League is a unique league - it takes time to get used to. Since Christmas, Jorrel has been one of our best performers. The block against Maddison at the end the other day, it's massive for our season. Jorrel is in a really good place."

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🚨 🇦🇷 Real Madrid will make a move to sign Enzo Fernandez, with sources close to the situation saying there is a ‘very strong chance’ that Sunday’s clash with Sunderland is last game for Chelsea.

Manchester City are also interested in Enzo Fernandez, but that may depend on the future of Rodri.  Enzo Maresca has a good relationship with the Argentine. Enzo Fernandez was a Maresca loyalist, and often talked him even after the Italian's departure.

🔗 Miguel Delaney - Independent

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🗣 Joe Cole:

"The noise coming out of BlueCo is that they will tweak it round, but for me that means that you're gonna have to sell one of Cole Palmer, Enzo Fernandez, maybe Joe Pedro or Caicedo."

"He [Joao Pedro] is the best number 9 I have seen at Chelsea since Diego Costa."

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🗣 Carlton Cole on Joao Pedro:

"He is a really good player, makes him runs in behind, comes to feet, he's a willing participant.”

“He don't just let the game pass him by, that's what I like about him. He plays for the shirt. So, he's one of the few that you can say that you can drop his ego and go and play. Just wants to play, like he wants to prove something. I love that."

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🗣 Joao Pedro:

“Drogba is an idol at Chelsea. Some fans joke: ‘Maybe we found the new Drogba?’ But I try to go my own way, slowly, without thinking too much about that.”

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🗣 Joao Pedro on his preferred position:

“Since I arrived at Chelsea, I made it very clear because at Watford I played as a No.10, as a No.9. At Brighton too. But since coming here, it’s something I pushed for a lot – I wanted to play only as a No.9.”

“When you keep changing positions, you lose some of the feeling for the role. Since the start of the season, I’ve been working a lot with Chelsea’s staff, always trying to improve in some aspects.”

“I feel better playing as a striker, close to goal. But I’m not that striker who just stands waiting inside the box. I like participating in the game. I’m a participative No.9. I can build play and score a lot of goals too.”

“Today, I really like Kane and Lewandowski. I followed Kane more because of the Premier League and I take a lot of inspiration from him. When I played against Kane, I paid a lot of attention to him. We swapped shirts too. He’s a player I admire and I hope to reach his level.”

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8 Chelsea players who are likely to go to the World Cup:

1. Cucurella
2. James
3. Gusto
4. Enzo
5. Caicedo
6. Neto
7. Hato
8. Sarr

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🗣 Gus Poyet:

"Champions League football is the minimum I believe he [Xabi Alonso] will need to deliver, and it’s achievable for sure.”

“The time needed on the training ground will really help Alonso with no Champions League, so the players can really look to learn from Alonso and they can play the way he wants them to play.”

“Obviously, he would want Champions League, make no mistake, but what he has now, can be a benefit."

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🚨 Reece James is set to be the only Chelsea representative in England’s World Cup squad. No Chalobah.

🔗 Matt Law - Telegraph

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🗣️ Frank Leboeuf on Alonso's appointment as Chelsea manager:

"It is a great move, I'm very surprised, but what a signing. I know I texted Eghbali, saying what a move, man, I'm so happy, so proud of you, because that was the coach that we needed, and on top of it, it's not going to be only the coach, it's going to be the manager.”

“So hopefully he's going to get all the control of the recruitment and everything that goes around the field, and I'm sure he's going to be successful. I mean, he showed what he was capable of doing with Bayer Leverkusen; he wasn't able to have the control with Real Madrid, but I want to believe that he will have that with Chelsea.”

“Finally, the board of Chelsea understood the kind of person they needed to make that team better. So I'm absolutely pleased. I want to congratulate the board for that choice, because that was a perfect choice for me."

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