Liam Rosenior press conference LIVE: Chelsea boss on Enzo Fernandez and Marc Cucurella comments

Cucurella interview

I had a fantastic chat with Marc yesterday, half an hour in my office. I've been here for less than three months, I'm enjoying it. My disappointment in Marc's interview was where it went to, I think he should've spoke to us first about how he was feeling. As a football club, we know we need to improve. We know what we're going to do in the summer to achieve those objectives.

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Enzo, firstly, as a character, a person and a player, I have the utmost respect. He's frustrated because he wants us to be successful. In terms of the decision, it's not all about me, or the sporting directors, the ownership, the players, we are aligned in our decision. The door is not closed on Enzo. It's a sanction. You have to protect the culture and in terms of that, a line was crossed.

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It's not ideal. A lot of this stems from a difficult 10 days. I'll go back to the first game against PSG, it all fell apart in 15 minutes and there was a huge emotional dump that led into the next three games. The comments from Enzo, and Cucu's interview, stems from that. It stems from a good place where they want the club to succeed.

In case you (somehow) missed it

If you've been living under a rock, Enzo Fernandez and Marc Cucurella's comments may have evaded you.

Fortunately for you, our Chelsea correspondent Bobby Vincent has been on top of the news.

Here is an opinion piece on why it could be the end for Fernandez at Stamford Bridge, and here is an explainer on what it means for Chelsea.

Good morning

Hello and welcome to Cobham for Liam Rosenior's pre-match press conference.

The Chelsea head coach will face the media from 11am (UK time) this morning to give us his thoughts on Enzo Fernandez and Marc Cucurella's comments over the international break. Oh, and the Blues' FA Cup tie with Port Vale on Saturday evening.

That, and much more, with Bobby Vincent on hand to bring you live updates from Chelsea's training base throughout the morning.

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