Estevao BACK, I LOVE Cole Palmer | Enzo Maresca | Chelsea v Aston Villa

Football

Year2025

Duration11m

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Enzo Maresca confirms Estevao will return for Chelsea against Aston Villa on Saturday, whilst also declaring his ‘love’ for Cole Palmer when asked if he would swap the forward for Villa’s Morgan Rogers. TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Intro 0:12 Worst 48 hours? I’ve spoken about this. Nothing to add. No meetings. I’ve spoken about this before Newcastle. 1:02 Very good Christmas party. Lovely to spend time with friends and family. 1:18 Estevao is back. Liam Delap is also available. 1:49 Christmas? Players had two days after Newcastle. We are off tomorrow, training Friday and then game on Saturday. 2:06 Pep weighing players? That’s his choice. All managers think in different ways. It’s not about trusting the players. 2:48 In the stands for the Villa game? I’m suspended. In almost 100 games, I’ve been suspended three times. The coaching staff is there. 3:31 Villa’s amazing run? They are doing fantastically. Brilliant job Unai, 10 wins in a row. 4:00 Swap Morgan Rogers for Cole Palmer? No. I love Cole. 4:39 Semenyo? I’m focused on Aston Villa. 5:10 Wide player? I have to repeat. I’m in love with the squad we have. 5:45 Villa are very good on and off the ball. We have to be at our best to win the match. 6:19 Taken this at Christmas? We are in four competitions, in good positions. We are in a very good place. 6:42 Wish list? Continue to grow and improve. Also less injuries. 7:08 Palmer ready for 90 minutes? Yes, I think he’s ready. 7:36 Chelsea and Villa in title race? It’s December. We are competing but we have to wait until February and March. 8:17 Palmer and Rogers are fantastic players. They will be important in the game but the other players need to step up too. 8:52 Estevao how good can he be? He’s already one of the best young players in the world. He needs to continue to improve. 9:32 James now the captain that I wanted. He’s growing in terms of leadership. He’s fit and being the leader we need. 10:10 James is one of the main players in our squad. He’s the captain. When fit he’s one of the best players we