Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino speaks ahead of the pre-season game with Brighton on Raheem Sterling's role, transfers and more.
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00:00 Intro
00:20 Raheem's role?
He is an important player for us. He can provide us many different things. We are confident we can get the best from him.
00:30 Captain?
I won't name a captain until Liverpool. I need to see the reaction, how they react on and off the pitch. It is time to assess everyone.
1:20 Interesting listening to Raheem there and his change of diet?
I need to change my diet also.
1:40 We are a coaching staff that tries to care about all of there areas. We try to help with our advice, we trust the staff that are here. We need add to our experience, to try to be perfect.
2:30 No, nothing has changed. Like I explained the other day. Like you say, maybe for you it is a situation that is special but I think it is not effecting us. We arrive to new environment and we have the player we have and we are so happy. We need to improve the team, we are working on that.
4:00 Hoping to bring players in while here?
What do you think? As soon as possible of course. Any coach would want to close the squad as soon as possible. If it's not possible, no problem. I am happy how we are working.
5:40 Big weekend for soccer in America and Philly, Messi debut. How important is for America to be a successful soccer country?
Now it is the focus. I think it's imortant, the evolution of soccer. I think it's important, it's a sport that now the arrival of Messi will help to evolve. Maybe it's difficult because it's cultural. The soccer is improving and people are excited to watch games. All of the tournament, the Premier League is doing a fantastic job here. Football will increase in demand in America, it's really important, the MLS market like we are seeing in different countries, soccer is an amazing sport to bring joy, if not help people.
9:00 Rate de Zerbi?
An amazing season, great coach and great guy also, we have a good relationship. He was fantastic what he made Brighton last season. It's going to be exciting to meet them. We have good friends like Adam Lallana who we know very well from Southampton.
10:50 You had a number in mind for the squad, is it small due to no European football?
You need 23,24, max 25 keeper included. We don't need 30-35 players. We need to be right in how we choose profile and balance is most important. Sometimes you get the balance with less than more. It's not that you cannot manage, the problem is players who are not going to play, where will they get the motivation.
12:30 Better to have younger guys on the bench?
If they deserve yes. It is not a problem to have them in the squad. Now is a situation we are not going to compete in Europe but it is a period we need to deserve it next season.
14:00 I am going to mix also, we need players who have time to train. Enzo arrived Monday, after a long period o
By HaytersTV
July 21, 2023
