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Cobham, England, UK – 22nd September 2025
1. 00:00 SOUNDBITE (English): Enzo Maresca, Chelsea head coach:
(On Cole Palmer injury on Saturay and fitness)
"He did already a huge effort on last Saturday to try to play the game. Again, he tried Saturday morning, he did the test, he was OK, but (he was) not 100 per cent. But he wants to be there to help teammates to be in that kind of game. But unfortunately then, with 10 players, it was painful, so we decided to change him. And it’s more day by day, week by week, game by game to see how it is and decide what do we do."
2. 00:41 SOUNDBITE (English): Enzo Maresca, Chelsea head coach:
(On coping with days like Saturday after busy summer)
"Depends what you mean like Saturday, stay with 10 players after three minutes. I don’t know if we have more games like this. But the game is, the game is dictated from the red card. I don’t know, when we were 10 against 10, we had almost 70% possession. When we were 11 against 10 then probably we have 20%. I hope we don’t have any more game with 10 plays after three, four minutes because it’s difficult for us, but it’s difficult for for any club in the world to play 100 minutes with 10 players.
3. 01:22 SOUNDBITE (English): Enzo Maresca, Chelsea head coach:
(On pundits saying they can’t challenge for the title)
"I think, I’ve already said many times, anyone can decide, can say what they decide to say. It’s not a problem. I think we improved a lot last season. For instance, if you see the last three or four tables in the last 3 or 4 years, we closed the gap with the first one, two or three. Now for me this season, the main target is continue to improve players, continue improve the team and try to close that gap. So this is for me the main focus for this season."
4. 02:00 SOUNDBITE (English): Enzo Maresca, Chelsea head coach:
(On coping with lots of injuries)
"No, for sure. It’s a situation that we need to manage because if we have Moai (Moisés Caicedo) with a small problem and for instance Romeo (Lavia) is fit we can decide, or Dário Essugo was fit, we can decide to give Moai (Moisés Caicedo) some rest. But in this moment, you know, Dario’s injured, Romeo’s injured. And again, we are in a new situation for us because of the World Cup so we don’t know I will be this season in terms of injury. I don’t think it’s random the amount of injury we have and we need to Try to learn and try to manage the situation."
SOURCE: Agency Pool
DURATION: 02:36
STORYLINE:
Chelsea is managing Cole Palmer’s fitness “day by day” and does not yet believe the playmaker needs surgery on his troublesome groin injury, manager Enzo Maresca said on Monday.
The England star was forced off in the 21st minute of the 2-1 loss to Manchester United on Saturday with a recurrence of a problem that led to him missing Premier League games against West Ham United and Fulham before the international break.
Maresca said Chelsea’s medical staff were still assessing Palmer’s latest setback.
“It is more day by day, week by week, game by game, to see how he is and decide what we do,” said the Italian coach, who was speaking a day before Chelsea plays third-tier Lincoln City in the Carabao Cup (English Football League Cup).
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