Pochettino was asked about having the whole week with the squad and the atmosphere in the team after the last matches.
He answered that it is important to recover players from injuries and players that were out from the international break.
“We need to recover players. It is important that many names and players start to be available to be involved in the game.”
Then the coach made a revision on the injuries and the situation in the club.
“We need to assess Moi tomorrow. He was training individually, not with the team today. We need to assess tomorrow and we will see if he can be involved on Sunday.
“Marc suffered a fever but has been back since when we restarted the training this week. Noni was involved also during the week in training, so I think yes he will be ready. Maybe we need one day more for Broja. I think maybe he can be involved on Sunday, but we are not sure. We need to assess him tomorrow.
He said that Baidashile, Chukwuemeka, and Chalobah would be ready to train with the team again.
Pochettino answered also about the support of the Standford Bridge saying that he believes that the fans will be behind the squad.
He is supposed to be captain and create a good history, but it is normal. If you see the starting eleven… I think he can be a captain. He is from here Chelsea, he came through academia and is perfect for him to represent the team-mate.
Then he spoke about his relationship with Unai Emery:
“He started to coach before me because he was in his early days of being a coach. I was after, but I always started to play in Spain and then in different clubs. Yes, I think he is a great coach and I think we have a good relationship with him and all the coaching staff.”
About the match against Villa, he said that his team needs time to be at the greatest level.
“We need time. We are going to be competitive and when the moment arrives all the players will be included again in the training and helping the team.”
