Kendry Paez has flown to the United States to train with Chelsea despite not being named in their Club World Cup squad, in a bid to impress Enzo Maresca.

The expectation remains that Paez, the Ecuadorian described as a wonderkid, will leave on loan this summer.

(Kieran Gill)

🚨 Chelsea currently training, and the only ones missing are:

▪︎ Christopher Nkunku
▪︎ Marc Guiu
▪︎ Josh Acheampong
▪︎ Aaron Anselmino.

Everyone else involved. ✅️

(Kieran Gill) #CFC

Chelsea’s media day for the CWC! 🤩💙

Liam Delap: “I know when I came here it was to score goals and help the team as much as possible. I think the staff are all clear with how they want to play, so I just need to learn and understand the role that I need to do for the team.”

“I’m aggressive, I like to battle with the defenders. I’m fast. I’m a good finisher, so hopefully I am exciting to watch”

Delap on who he sat next to on the plane: “Levi, he was alright to be fair, he kept getting up for a toilet every 5 minutes but he was alright (laughs)

(ChelseaFC)

📸 Getty Images/ Chelsea FC

Even in a draw, Estêvão made the difference. #SuperiorPlayeroftheMatch

🗣️Enzo Maresca ahead of Chelsea’s opening match in the FIFA Club World Cup against Los Angeles:

🤝 “We had a few days off [after the Conference League final] and some new players have arrived, so when we saw each other three or four days ago at Cobham, the feeling was a little bit like when you return for pre-season.

“But the first thing I said, and the main message since we returned, is that we are not here for pre-season, it’s a big, big tournament.

“We achieved something important by finishing in the top four in the Premier League, and we won the European competition we were in. But now that is done, finished, and we have to focus on the competition we are in now.”

😅 𝐎𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞:

“We had one competition this season, the Conference League, and the most difficult thing was convincing the players that it was the game of the season for our opponents, so if you don’t prepare in the right way, you can be in trouble.

“We have a difficult game and if we are not ready and prepared, we can be in trouble. So we must prepare 100%.

“And no matter who the other team is, when you are a Chelsea player or head coach, you need to win games. So hopefully, we can start the competition by winning the game.”

🥵 𝐎𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭:

“For sure, we are going to rotate players. It is impossible in this heat to always play with the same players.”

(Via ChelseaFC & Nizaar Kinsella - BBC Sport)

#CFC #Chelsea #ChelseaFC #LAFC #LosAngeles