00:00And you would have seen the speculation regarding Cole Palmer.
00:04Is he untouchable? Is he happy?
00:07Yes and yes. It's simple.
00:10Cole's an incredible player, like I have the guy sitting next to me,
00:13many players in the group. I'm not surprised at the timing.
00:17New manager comes in, all of a sudden there's people unsettled.
00:20It's not true. Cole is here. He's very happy.
00:22And I can't wait to see him back on the pitch.
00:24There's no reason for an assurance.
00:32It's so unrealistic. It's come from nowhere. There's nothing in it.
00:36There's no reason to have the conversation.
00:39That's where I'm at. Cole is very happy.
00:41I've had numerous conversations with him,
00:43thoughts on how we can make this team better,
00:45how he can improve and how I can help him
00:47because he loves being here and he wants to be a Chelsea player.
00:50You can't stop speculation, but some speculation is so far from the truth.
00:55There's no point having a discussion about it.
00:58I think for a club of Chelsea's stature,
01:05every year that goes by and you don't win a title or win silverware,
01:10you want to win in every year that you're competing in competitions.
01:14The difficulty for any club is there's a lot of very, very good teams
01:18who are competing.
01:19The aim for us long term and in the short term as well
01:22is to compete for trophies.
01:24Whether it's too long or not, that comes down to the team,
01:27that comes down to the coaching and the infrastructure of the club.
01:33Huge respect for him.
01:34Firstly, as a player.
01:35He's a magnificent footballer
01:36who then went on to have an incredible
01:39and still has an incredible career as a coach.
01:42I think his passion as a player
01:44transmits to the passion in his teams.
01:46And obviously, when I was younger, watching Chelsea play
01:49in the manner that they did,
01:51defensively so strong,
01:53Hazard was incredible in those moments.
01:57Yeah, and he's gone on to prove
01:58what an amazing manager he is
02:00and he's won many titles,
02:01including an incredible title here last year.
02:04Gary, down here, please.
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