🎙Enzo Maresca will hold his pre-Fluminense press conference from 6.30pm [UK] this evening.

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​🎙Enzo Maresca's Full Pre-Fluminense Press Conference - Part 1/2:

🔹Enzo Maresca: "With Levi and Liam out, we are going to find a different solution. Joao is ready, we also have Nico."

🔹Enzo Maresca: "Joao, Liam, Nico, they know exactly about no.9s at Chelsea. I said already many times, in my idea, I prefer to have four, five players scoring 10, 12 goals each than one striker with 40 goals. We expect next season more goals from our attacking players."

🔹Enzo Maresca: "In terms of game plan, every game we try to adapt a little bit, in terms of finding solutions. Tomorrow, we are going to do the same."

🔹Enzo Maresca: "I watched the game [Real Madrid vs PSG], but I watched from TV. It was a fantastic temperature in the hotel [laughs]. We've already played with different conditions. The game is tomorrow at 3pm [local time], and we will try to adapt."

🔹Enzo Maresca: "You can say it's an advantage or disadvantage [our young experience vs Fluminense's experience]. It depends. We already had one entire season together in the Premier League. We are probably the first or second youngest squad in this competition... it's a good test."

🔹Enzo Maresca on Noni Madueke: "Personally, I think the same noise [over future] was before the Palmeiras game. We gave him 30 minutes and he was very good. I have no doubts, if we need, Noni will help us. Hopefully he can deal with that [any noise]."

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​🎙Enzo Maresca's Full Pre-Fluminense Press Conference - Part 2/2:

🔹Enzo Maresca on Nicolas Jackson: "Nico is training well. Unfortunately, almost the last two games, he was sent off. Unfortunately for him and us. He's working well. For the new season and future, we decided to bring another nine. At the moment, he is okay."

🔹Enzo Maresca on Romeo Lavia's fitness: "Romeo is training already. Unfortunately, he is not training with us, so he's not ready for tomorrow."

🔹Enzo Maresca on Fluminense: "As I said, [Renato Gaúcho is ] an experienced manager. The style, I watched some games when he was at Gremio. It's clear. All the games, at this stage of the tournament, are going to be tough games."

🔹Enzo Maresca on wanting Chelsea's players to be more like Thiago Silva: "I am happy in the way our players are."

🔹Enzo Maresca: "We respect Thiago [Silva], absolutely. But we prepare the game against Fluminense. We need to be careful about many different things."

🔹Enzo Maresca: "There is room to improve always. We are in the right direction. But we can do many things better - attack better, defend better."

🔹Enzo Maresca on Moises Caicedo: "He's very important. Moi has been one of the best players of the season. He's very important for us. Fortunately, we also have Romeo. We used Andrey Santos the other day. We are quite happy. We are more happy when Moi is in the team."

🔹Enzo Maresca on Joao Pedro: "Joao can play in all the attacking positions for us. The difference with Nico [Jackson], I see Nico just as a nine."

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​🎙Enzo Maresca's Full Post-Fluminense Press Conference:

🔹Enzo Maresca: "We are very happy, very proud to play the final on Sunday. The reason why is because this is the first edition of the Club World Cup. The best clubs in the world are here. We are proud."

🔹Enzo Maresca: "Dario [Essugo] had a muscle problem yesterday during the session. He will probably be ready for next season."

🔹Enzo Maresca: "Moi twisted his ankle. He felt he could try even though I told him we could play with 10 players. He felt pain. So hopefully he can be fit for Sunday."

🔹Enzo Maresca: "You need a big squad when you play every three days. You need players but they need to show they are ready and that we can count on them and how professional they are."

🔹Enzo Maresca on Christopher Nkunku: "We tried to give them a chance when they deserve. If Christo is playing it is because he deserves. Today, he was quite good, he had some chances where he can score but overall he had a good game."

🔹Enzo Maresca on Chelsea earning £80M at the Club World Cup so far: "Chelsea have made that. Not me. I prepare for the games in the same way, and I don't care about the money. We don't get any of it, unfortunately."

🔹Enzo Maresca: "In this moment, it's not important to talk a lot about the squad [and any potential additions]. We achieved the final today and we're very happy. We'll try to do our best to win this competition and then we'll think about next season."

🔹Enzo Maresca reveals he called Roberto De Zerbi prior to signing Joao Pedro: "I knew all about Joao. He's Brazilian first of all. And these kind of players often play with a smile, they enjoy their football. And I spoke with my friend Roberto De Zerbi about him."

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🎙️Enzo Maresca will hold his pre-PSG/Club World Cup final press conference from 7pm [UK] this evening.

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​🎙Enzo Maresca's Full Pre-PSG/Club World Cup final Press Conference -Part 1/2:

🔹Enzo Maresca: "Noni [Madueke] is in contact with the new club and I guess he is going to be [announced] in the next hours."

🔹Enzo Maresca: "We'll see in two days. For sure, [PSG] are a top team in Europe and the world. Probably, in this moment, the best. We are going to try our best to do a good game."

🔹Enzo Maresca on Moises Caicedo's fitness: "Yes, for sure Moises is such an important player for us. This morning he couldn't take part in the training session fully but we hope he can take part on Sunday."

🔹Enzo Maresca on Noni Madueke: "At the end, if players want to leave, it's difficult for the club and the manager. Noni decided to leave. No one said to Noni he has to leave. If he is happy, we are happy."

🔹Enzo Maresca: "We arrived here one month ago. We are used to play with these conditions. It's for both teams."

🔹Enzo Maresca: "For sure, PSG and their manager, Luis Enrique, are a reference for not only me but a lot of the people who love football. But we have our style. We have showed the way we want to do things."

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​🎙Enzo Maresca's Full Pre-PSG/Club World Cup final Press Conference -Part 2/2:

🔹Enzo Maresca: "The message [to fans is] we need their support. The team deserves all the trust from them because, during this season they finished top four, won the Conference [League] and played the Club World Cup. It's been a great season..."

🔹Enzo Maresca: "In this moment, the mood is fantastic, it's top. The reason why is because they value what they have during this competition and the season. When you start with 32 teams and now at the end, they are proud and happy. We are ready to play this final."

🔹Enzo Maresca: "Joao [Pedro] is a very good player. We bought him because we think he will help us. He has great quality. We have 48 hours before the final. We are lucky we can choose different options. We'll see for the final if he's going to play."

Up next: Reece James

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​🎙Reece James' Full Pre-PSG/Club World Cup final Press Conference:

🔹Reece James: "We prepare as if we are playing another game. It's a final, but we prepare every game as if we want to win."

🔹Reece James: "This game is a super high level game. They are one of the hottest teams in the world. But this is a final and one-off game. I've been in many finals before where we've been favourites and haven't come out on top. I don't care [who are the favourites]."

🔹Reece James: "The biggest challenge is the circumstances. The travel, quality of the pitch, the climate is so hot."

🔹Reece James on Enzo Fernandez: "Enzo is an amazing player and person. He's come on so much since he arrived at Chelsea. He's a huge part of Chelsea and huge player for our team. He will play a huge part on Sunday."

🔹Reece James: "I wasn't injured. Let's put that to bed. Talking about our two midfielders, Moi and Enzo, two phenomenal players. They're up there with the best in the world. That will be displayed on Sunday. I wasn't feeling so good in the warm up [vs Palmeiras]. I've come a long way with my history. Would I have played? I probably could have. But if I looked back... I thought it was the best decision to not take unnecessary risks."

🔹Reece James: "If we win on Sunday, we would probably be the best on the day. We're striving to get there [to be the best in Europe and the world]. Whether one game decides that is probably up for you to decide."

🔹Reece James: "Stats, data and who is favourites, it doesn't mean anything to me or the team. It's two great, young sides playing against each other on the biggest stage. I believe we will go toe to toe."

🔹Reece James on Joao Pedro: "Joao is an amazing young player. I've played against him many times. I'm not sure how many knew his quality. He made his first start and scored two goals. His quality has opened a lot of peoples eyes. We're happy to have him."

🔹Reece James: “I’m sure the analyst team we have will be looking at the games where PSG haven’t done so well, and we’ll try and adapt to that”

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​​🎙Enzo Maresca's Full Post-PSG Press Conference:

🔹Enzo Maresca: "Fantastic. Club World Cup champions, we are very proud. PSG are the best team in the world. It was a top performance."

🔹Enzo Maresca: "[PSG] have three midfielders and two of them were in charge of Reece and Moi. Vitinha was in charge of Enzo. We thought it was a good chance to exploit the space with Cole and Malo. It was the game plan..."

🔹Enzo Maresca: "At the end of the day, you can give a plan but you need your players to execute and they did that so well.‌ I think we won the game in the first 10 minutes and we came here to show we can get this win with the utmost respect to your opponents. I think we won the game in the first 10 minutes and we came here to show we can get this win with the utmost respect to your opponents."

🔹Enzo Maresca: "I work every day just to improve myself. I try to learn. Every session and game, I just try to do better. It's been a fantastic season. I am just happy for the players. When I joined the club - I said I was in love with the squad but we said talent wasn't enough and you need a game plan and to think the same way. We did this because of them."

🔹Enzo Maresca: "The message was quite clear [pre-match]. We won the game in the first 10 minutes. The message before the game was 'let them understand we are here to win the game'. It set the tone of the game..."

🔹Enzo Maresca: "This competition, to be honest, I told my players that this competition will become just as important or even more important than the Champions League..."

🔹Enzo Maresca on Marc Cucurella: "He will be the soul of the party tonight. I don't want to talk about any single player but for Cucu, I do, he is a smart player and one of the main characters in the locker room. He will be the soul of the party."

🔹Enzo Maresca on Cole Palmer: "These are the games where we expect Cole to appear. These are big games, big moments and once again he showed how good he is."

🔹Enzo Maresca on Robert Sanchez: "I usually say the opponent gives us the solution. If the opponent does what PSG does then we have to use long balls and clearances by the goalkeepers [instead of passing it around]. It depends on what the opponents do."

🔹Enzo Maresca on Enzo Fernandez: "We are extremely happy with Enzo, not only today but through the whole season. He played in a different position today... The idea was to go man-to-man."

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🎙Enzo Maresca will hold a press conference ahead of the VisitMalta Weekender against Bayer Leverkusen and AC Milan from 9am [UK] this morning.

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​🎙Enzo Maresca's Full Press Conference ahead of the VisitMalta Weekender against Bayer Leverkusen and AC Milan - Part 1/2:

🔹Enzo Maresca: "We need to be ready in any case. It's important to start again in the way we finished last season. We need to see how we adapt, but for sure we need to be ready."

🔹Enzo Maresca: "I feel very happy about the new signings because they are the ones we were looking at. For sure, they need time. We will give them time to adapt."

🔹Enzo Maresca on Estêvão: "For me, the biggest mistake we can do with him is to put him under pressure. He is very young and needs to adapt. He's a fantastic player, he is very young. He's a happy boy."

🔹Enzo Maresca on Jorrel Hato: "He's much more mature than his age. Even with him, different country, league, tempo, intensity. He needs to adapt. For sure, no doubt he will help us."

🔹Enzo Maresca: "We had a problem the last two days about Levi Colwill. We don't know how long he will be out for. Hopefully not too long. It's a problem. We need to wait. We don't know yet."

🔹Enzo Maresca on Nicolas Jackson: "Nico is okay. When the window is open, anything can happen. This involves Nico's situation. At the moment, the two strikers have arrived. So we will see."

🔹Enzo Maresca: "I can see that the mood is much better in terms of when you finish the season the way we finished, in any case it's going to give players more energy. As I said, we need to see how we manage these type of situations."

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​🎙Enzo Maresca's Full Press Conference ahead of the VisitMalta Weekender against Bayer Leverkusen and AC Milan - Part 2/2:

🔹Enzo Maresca: "The situation is quite clear. They are training. I guess they are waiting for solutions. When they leave, the club texts or calls me. I don't pay attention to the ones that are training and need to leave. I just focus on how we prepare the session and win games."

🔹Enzo Maresca: "We are going to try to share minutes with all of them. Some of them, Hato, they start very early, so we will try to share minutes. We'll see if we try different tactical things for the season."

🔹Enzo Maresca on Estêvão: "He can play everywhere. He is so good. He's like Cole in terms of position. He can play everywhere. With him, we need to pay more attention. He's very, very young. Not under pressure. Give him happiness, give him time. Hopefully we can give him minutes so he is more happy. He's a talented player."

🔹Enzo Maresca on Levi Colwill: "Depends. We need to wait. Then we'll see. In our way, we know how important has been. I spoke with him yesterday, if we achieve what we achieved, it's because of him."

🔹Enzo Maresca on Wesley Fofana: "Wes is back. He's training. I don't think he's ready for minutes in the next two games, but he can be available for the [Crystal] Palace game."

🔹Enzo Maresca on Levi Colwill's issue: "It was the first session on Monday, in the last minutes of the session. He felt something."

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​🎙Enzo Maresca's Full Post-AC Milan Press Conference:

🔹Enzo Maresca: "It has been a fantastic season. Some moments have been very difficult. We tried to manage all different kinds of situations, problems, but in the end, the way we finished has been great."

🔹Enzo Maresca: "To be honest, since I arrived, not many players have arrived. In terms of last summer, last January and this summer, we tried to change the ones that we thought that we need to change. We are trying to do the things that we need to do."

🔹Enzo Maresca: "Our identity, from my point of view, is quite clear. We try to manage games, to keep the ball, and off the ball, we try to be very aggressive. And I think during last season, Premier League Conference League and the Club World Cup, we showed that, and hopefully we can continue on that and improve."

🔹Enzo Maresca on Palmer's loss of form last season: "He had around 18 months where he was fantastic, then it's normal to drop a little bit. So I was not surprised. The most important thing about Cole is that he has always been very professional and works hard. Then at the end, he finished in the way everyone knows."

🔹Enzo Maresca joked when asked about Estêvão's goal against Chelsea at Club World Cup: "We punished him when he arrived, because he scored against us."

🔹Enzo Maresca: "I think one year ago, we were very far from the ones that dominated English football. And I think that now we are quite close, and hopefully we can continue to improve, and be even closer and try to compete for the title."

🔹Enzo Maresca: "When you are at Chelsea, the target has to be always to win games and titles. This is the minimum required. So we're going to try."

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🎙 ‌Enzo Maresca will hold his pre-Crystal Palace press conference from 9.30am [UK] this morning.

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​🎙Enzo Maresca's Full Pre-Crystal Palace Press Conference:

🔹Enzo Maresca: "We guess we are ready. But we need to wait for the real competition to verify that. It has been quite a short break. We are going to try to be ready."

🔹Enzo Maresca: "It's something new [the schedule over the summer]. It's something that we unfortunately don't have the answer to. That's when we need to pay attention to all the details."

🔹Enzo Maresca on Levi Colwill: "Now he's okay [and[ aware that he is out for a long time. It's a big loss for us. How Levi was so important for us last season. Now he's out, we are going to try to find different solutions. We are trying to find solutions internally. The club knows exactly what I think. We will see. I think we need a central defender. We are looking internally for a solution."

🔹Enzo Maresca: "We are happy with the squad, no doubt. But when the transfer window is open, anything can happen."

🔹Enzo Maresca: "For me, this shows how good the team has been this season. When I joined the club, the noise was completely different compared to now, for many reasons. For me, I don't like to look two, three, four months. I like to watch and focus on tomorrow. In terms of targets, it is try to improve every day and then we see what happens."

🔹Enzo Maresca: "We are a better team, for sure, compared to one year ago. We work together for one season. The club, the team has achieved has ben fantastic. It was difficult to achieve something more."

🔹Enzo Maresca on Crystal Palace: "I think in both games [last season] we probably deserved something more. It's football. It's normal. The two finals they won shows how good they are."

🔹Enzo Maresca on Wesley Fofana: "He could be available. We'll see."

🔹Enzo Maresca: "Benoit is in the process to come back. Romeo exactly the same. Trev is okay."

🔹Enzo Maresca: "We build with Levi in the middle. Last year, we played 64 games. We played 64 games with Levi and Tosin. The only one that can do that job well is Tosin. The rest they can adapt. Hato never played making three in the middle. It's not about being a central defender."

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​‍ 🎙Enzo Maresca's Full Post-Crystal Palace Press Conference:

🔹 Enzo Maresca: "Tough game, we expected a tough game. Apart from the first half free-kick, we didn't concede any chances but they are a very good team. We could have counter attacked better, we could have defended better but it is only the first game of the season."

🔹Enzo Maresca: "Some of them [the new signings] are ready, some of them need to adapt a little bit but overall very happy with all of them.”

🔹Enzo Maresca on signing a new centre-back: “You like to talk about central defenders? I already spoke. Thank you very much.”

🔹Enzo Maresca on Acheampong: "Very good, very good. We already showed some confidence with Josh last season. He dealt well with Mateta and overall he had a good game."

🔹Enzo Maresca: "We always try to win the game but unfortunately we didn't win. We deserved. We created enough chances. We didn't concede chances apart from the free-kick."

🔹Enzo Maresca on if pre-season preparations have an impact: "I don't think so. We competed until the end. We had chances at the end with Estevao and Andrey Santos. For us, last week we played two pre-season games but we tried to share minutes. The first real game was today."

🔹Enzo Maresca on if Mateta was lucky not to be sent off: "I was there, I was close. For sure it was a foul, the referee decided not to give a yellow."

🔹Enzo Maresca on Estevao: “He was very good. He showed personality - he has already shown that in training. He will be a very important player for this club.”

🔹Enzo Maresca on Tosin injury: "Physical problem - we don't know for how long. Wes was on the bench. Hopefully for the next one we can start to use Wes for some minutes."

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🎙Enzo Maresca will hold his pre-West Ham [a] press conference from 11am [UK] this morning.

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🎙Enzo Maresca on Wesley Fofana:

"I spoke with Wes everyday. He is very, very happy. He is joining all the sessions with us. He's very happy. From tomorrow, he is with us and can also get some minutes. We are happy, and he is happy. Instagram, as you know, I don't have any idea."

🎙Enzo Maresca on team news:

"Romeo is still out. Benoit is still out. Wes is back."

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​‍ 🎙Enzo Maresca's Full Pre-West Ham United Press Conference:

🔹Enzo Maresca on Wesley Fofana: "I spoke with Wes everyday. He is very, very happy. He is joining all the sessions with us. He's very happy. From tomorrow, he is with us and can also get some minutes. We are happy, and he is happy. Instagram, as you know, I don't have any idea."

🔹Enzo Maresca on team news: "Romeo is still out. Benoit is still out. Wes is back."

🔹Enzo Maresca on Nicolas Jackson: "He is available, but he is not going to be part of the squad [vs West Ham]. We know that something can happen before the transfer window closes. No idea [if he is close to leaving]."

🔹Enzo Maresca: "Christo [Nkunku] is with us, like Nico. But it's the same answer."

🔹Enzo Maresca on Joao Pedro: "Joao can play the five positions upfront - winger wide, inside the pitch, behind the striker. For sure, as a no.9, or behind the striker, is his best position."

🔹Enzo Maresca on West Ham: "Tough game again. All the Premier League games are tough and difficult. Tomorrow I expect the same [that they will defend well]."

🔹Enzo Maresca on signing a defender: "I already said, that we are already looking for internal solutions. I showed that last game. We will see. We are trying, as I said, to find solutions. I repeat. We are looking for internal solutions. We will what happens."

🔹Enzo Maresca: "For sure, with more time, we will be better and better. But it is what it is. We need to adapt. Until the end we competed and created chances [vs Crystal Palace]."

🔹Enzo Maresca: "Tosin is available [vs West Ham]."

🔹Enzo Maresca on Aaron Anselmino: "Aaron is training with us. He's training very hard, he's a fantastic boy, a good player. But he needs to play games. He needs to go. He's another player waiting for solutions."

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​🎙Enzo Maresca's Full Post-West Ham United Press Conference:

🔹Enzo Maresca on the Win: "Very happy, very impressed. We didn't start in the right way, Cole injury, and concede in five minutes but the reaction was impressive. "

🔹Enzo Maresca on Estevao performance: "We concede the goal because of him - he lost the ball in the build-up, he needs to make mistake to learn, but overall he impressed."

🔹Enzo Maresca on 'Cole Palmer FC' label: "You are there to say things, and people in general. The ones that say we are just 'Cole team'. Cole is our best player, we are a much, much better team. But we showed last season when Cole wasn't 100% and we achieved top four."

🔹Enzo Maresca on Palmer's injury: "Cole in the last four or five days was not 100%. He tried the warm-up but he felt something. We preferred not to take any risks. We will see if it's something important or not. Groin. Palace game, he was not 100% but he tried to make a big effort for the club, the fans and the team. He tried tonight but it was not very good."

🔹Enzo Maresca on Joao Pedro and Delap starting together: "We didn't play them both together since we started. It worked quite well but we can do much, much better, but overall we are happy."

🔹Enzo Maresca on Estevao: "He needs to adapt, he needs to make many mistakes to understand how the PL is different to in Brazil. We conceded after he did the flick, he needs to understand but he is a fantastic player."

🔹Enzo Maresca on Reece James not starting: "Reece is one of our best players, I would like to start every game with him but we have more players. We have two good full-backs and will use both."

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