Snak

Ben Chilwell on Mauricio Pochettino´s fitness regime and getting ´beasted´:

"The first week was a bit of a shock for everyone. It reminded me of going back to youth team days when we used to call it getting beasted. It was pretty similar, especially the first week, but I think we all agreed that it was necessary. Our group needed that. Last season we weren´t fit enough, if we´re being honest, so every player in the squad agreed that was what we needed - and it wasn´t just the first week, it´s continued. It will continue for the rest of pre-season. We´re being worked hard and we´re feeling good for it."

Ben Chilwell:

"I want to help Chelsea get back to winning titles and winning cups. And I know we’ll get there in the near future and I want to be one of the reasons that we get back to that. I am not going to run when things are going badly. I want to be one of the reasons that helps us get back to the best Chelsea."

"I´d love to be captain. I’m sure you’ve had that answer off a few of the players. It’s Chelsea, so I’d love to be captain. Whether I get it or not, it’s not going to take away from my role. I don’t think you need an armband to be a leader..."

on Mykhailo Mudryk:

"I’ve told him he hasn’t fulfilled [potential] yet for one reason or another. I literally had a conversation with him today after training because he’s been on fire... I just said he needs to keep that up now..."

"I think everyone is really relishing it: new squad, new manager, everyone is excited for the new season. It’s just a fresh start really. Everyone is really excited for it."

Ben Chilwell on taking Mykhailo Mudryk under his wing. “With ‘Misha’ I have seen how good he can be, and I just want to try and help him fulfil that [potential] because I know how much he wants it."

“He needs to decide when to cross, when to shoot, when to dribble, when to pass and hopefully I can help him along the way to try and get that decision-making [right] because he can be such a good player for us.

“We can all see the potential he has. It’s just trying to guide him and the last few days he’s been on fire in training. His decision-making has been bang on.”

EXCL: Belgian side KAS Eupen closing in on deal to sign Gabriel Slonina on one-year loan from Chelsea, here we go soon.

Slonina will play regularly and he’s key part of Chelsea future plans.

“With respect to #Chelsea, the CFCB First Chamber concluded that the club breached the UEFA Club Licensing and Financial Fair Play regulations as a result of submitting incomplete financial information.”

“Following the club’s sale in May 2022, the new ownership identified, and proactively reported to UEFA, instances of potentially incomplete financial reporting under the club’s previous ownership.”

“The reported matters related to historical transactions which took place between 2012 and 2019… A settlement agreement with the club which has agreed to pay a financial contribution of €10M to fully resolve the reported matters.”