January 5, 2024
Conor Gallagher is being linked with a move to Tottenham but Pochettino says the Chelsea midfielder has a contract at Chelsea and can decide his own future.
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 intro
0:15 Team news? Chilwell and Chukwuemeke not available tomorrow. Lavia is recovering from quad problem v C Palace. Badiashile is available for next week, nothing else.
01:45 Transfers – we need to take decisions on loans. Andry Santos come back from loan at Forest Happy with the squad we have – need to focus on injuries. No decisions so far
02:50 Connor Gallagher's situation? He still under 18 months contract, club happy with him, he's happy here, nothing to announce
03:45 FA Cup? A good opportunity to see how different players perform. FA Cup important for us as we are building this team. It's a process that takes time, expectation is always to win and at the moment we are in the evolution stage we need to be.
05:30 Can you win the FA Cup? Of course! This and Carabao Cup are competitions we want to win. Have to build progress step by step. We have to grow if we want to play in Europe, and we can achieve that through the cups. Still in 3 competitions.
Q What does Sterling have to do to make England squad at Euro 2024? You guess he is going to play? I cannot answer question.
Q Petrovic has been really impressive, came from MLS and so happy with the way he is performing. He shows he can cope with the pressure of playing for Chelsea. Never easy coming from another league.
Q Changes? Not too many, one or two. We'll treat like a PL game. We respect Preston and you will see that in the team tomorrow
Q Win good for momentum? Always important, we are winners, we want to win. Need to compete well.
Q Jackson gone, time for Broja and Nkunku to step up? Broja has a possibility to play. Christopher is not going to start, he suffered some issues in the past but can be on the bench. We have to be careful with him after 6 months out.
Q Gallagher – any guarantee he'll be here in Feb? I cannot guarantee I will be here! That is football. Only the player or the club can guarantee, more the player. He can say I have a contract. Club will take the best decision for the team.
Q 2GKs on bench? Too many players on the bench, don't need 9 when we can only make 5 changes. Young players need to compete, if they are not competing it is not a positive thing. We prioritise for them to compete (play) rather than sit on the bench,
Q Disasi? We are still waiting for more, he has the potential to improve. He's doing well, not easy arriving in the PL in a team that is in a building process, especially in defence. He can play in several positions. We didn't know at first he could play RB, but at Monaco he played there against Mbappe
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