Maurizio Sarri reveals who will be Chelsea's Permanent captain and who will win Napoli or Liverpool?

The Blues got their Europa League campaign off to a good start with a 1-0 victory at PAOK in their opening match and are still unbeaten under Sarri this season with their 1-1 draw with Liverpool at the weekend. Mauricio Sarri faced the press ahead of the game. First group Europa League stage game at Stamford Bridge, proud of that? Of course. I think EL is a very important competition so we have to play very well tomorrow. They are a good team, they played very well in the first match and were unlucky. So it is very important for me to play at Stamford Bridge in Europe. West Ham, you didn't win after EL match. I don’t think West Ham we didn’t win because of the match in Greece. We changed a lot of players, so I don’t think the reason was that. Tomorrow we need to change some players, because we have spent a lot of mental and physical energy with Liverpool, then we have a game in 62 hours. I don’t know how many but we will change. EL or top four? For the club at the moment I think it is more important to play in the Champions League, but I want to reach the end of the Europa League. Team news I have to speak to Pedro. He is doing better, like Loftus. Every player is at a level, but I have to change maybe 5,6,7 players. I don’t know, I want to see the training tomorrow morning and this afternoon. Are you the favourites to win the EL? I don’t know. EL is a very unusual competition because we don’t know the names in the second round. 8 teams come in from the CL, but we want to arrive at the end of the competition. Why more impact on the league with EL than CL? In Italy it is not easy to win a trophy in the last 7 or 8 years, only Juve have won. In England, it is difficult, because you have 6 or 7 teams that can win. It is very difficult. I am here to win. I want to win something and I hope to do it. No (it doesn’t keep me awake). I need to sleep 8 hours or I am in trouble. Hudson-Odoi to play, or Hazard to start? I don’t know. For sure not both, Hazard or Odoi. I don’t know at the moment. I said a couple of weeks ago the period from the first international break to second is my pre-season. I want to see every player. Tomorrow it might be time to see Loftus, I think. I don’t know about Odoi. Loftus-Cheek He was unlucky in the last three weeks with the national team. He had a problem in the last 5 or 6 days he has been better. He is able to play tomorrow. Permanent captain Not at the moment. I will have a meeting with the club next week I think. Fabregas in the Jorginho role, can that work? I think so. Very well in the last 30 minutes in Greece and very well against Liverpool. He has to improve the physical side. Cesc is very good at moving the ball, Jorginho is as well. We don’t need to change the way of football with Cesc. Loftus-Cheek, pressure for him? The pressure is normal for the player of a high level. So he has to get used to the pressure. It is normal of a player with high level to have pressure. Can Barkley be in the England squad? I think so. He is improving week by week. So I think that he can improve more, he has the potential to improve more and to get into the national team. I think so (he has played enough). He has played more than last season in the first two months. He had a serious injury and he can improve from the physical and tactical point of view. He can become a very good player. How did you get so much out of the squad so far? I was lucky to find good players available to me. I was always lucky to have quality players available to win games, even if tactically we weren’t ready. Can Napoli beat Liverpool? It is an open game. It will be a very difficult game for both.

Maurizio Sarri has already formed Chelsea shortlist of January transfers