Maurizio Sarri: “My job is on the pitch, my job is to improve the players”

Maurizio Sarri had his first press conference ahead of tomorrow’s Premier League opener at Huddersfield. The manager has talked about new signing Kepa Arrizabalaga and Thibaut Courtois leaving:” The Courtois situation was clear. He wanted to go to Madrid. We lost maybe one of the best goalkeepers in the world now, but we bought a young goalkeeper, one of the best young goalkeepers in Europe, so I am really happy. Kepa is very young, he is 23. I hope he can improve very fast.” Sarri is very happy to get Mateo Kovacic from Real Madrid: “He is a very technical player. He is able to play between the lines of the opponent. For us that could be very important. Now I think the squad is complete.” Every single word from Sarri’s conference you can read below.

Sarri refuted any chance of his star players leaving abroad, where the transfer window remains open, before the end of the month It’s impossible. The market here is closed so we cannot change such important players now, so I think it’s impossible. On Eden Hazard’s future and if he will sign a new contractHazard is with us, definitely. It’s not a problem. I have spoken with him three or four times about everything, and he has never said anything about the market, so I think he is very happy to stay here. I don’t want to discuss contracts. It’s not my job. My job is on the pitch, my job is to improve the players, my job is to try to win matches, and not sign new contracts, but I have seen a player very happy to stay here, so it will be no problem, the new contract. On the status of his squad right now The squad is too large, so some players have to go on loan, but I don’t know who at the moment. I prefer to have 23, 24 players and three or four young players, no more. On whether Tiemoue Bakayoko could go on loan before the end of the month Maybe, I don’t know in this moment, maybe. You have to ask the club. On who will be Chelsea captain this season Tomorrow I think Cesar Azpilicueta, but it’s not the final decision. I want to know well the players, I want to know well the man, and then when my idea will be clear, I will make a final decision. On whether Kepa will make his debut tomorrow I don’t know. He is in the players’ list for tomorrow, but I have to decide.

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