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“We had a tough week, now this is a good win for us to move forward.” 🤝 Joao Pedro and Enzo Fernandez react after the win for Chelsea. 📺 Watch on TNT Sports and HBO Max

🚨 Cesc Fabregas on Chelsea job: “Nothing to say about that, it’d be stupid to think about that now. I didn’t even saw any quote from our president”. “I believe I will continue my chapter as Como head coach”.

To be able to convince Fabregas or Alonso, we must be ready to give them a good level of control over key decisions. If we insist on doing it our current way, it will only give birth to the likes of Iraola, who aren't built for big clubs. Look at Thomas Frank for example. He couldn't even convince Spurs players to run and press as his Brentford guys. Small club players don't have big egos; it's a different animal with big players at big clubs. How many big clubs are top of running stats? There are two major reasons for this. 1. Big clubs play a lot more games per season than an average mid-table club. 2. Most talented players at big clubs don't feel they need to run hard to be seen or bought. They feel their technical ability is enough. Not all of them, most of them. These managers that built their career on pushing players to the limit, running and pressing full throttle for 90 minutes are not meant for big clubs. It never works. Another example: Julen Lopetegui at Real Madrid and Pochettino at PSG and Chelsea.