“My future” – Chelsea player some want recalled from loan this month has spoken out | OneFootball

One Chelsea player who some Blues fans are keen to be recalled from his loan spell this month has been speaking out this weekend.

As we are currently in a transfer window, I think most Blues fans are accepting the reported news that we don’t expect to see to much in terms of new arrivals to Stamford Bridge this month.

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However, with injury problems to Romeo Lavia who still hasn’t returned from his latest one, and fatigue setting in a bit for the other centre midfielders like Enzo Fernandez and Moises Caicedo, many Chelsea fans I speak to daily are keen to see another midfielder who is comfortable playing deeper come in to help for the rest of the season.

Chelsea have a couple of their own midfielders who can play in this role, currently out on loan. There is Andrey Santos who is absolutely bossing it out at Strasbourg, and then Lesley Ugochukwu at Southampton. Fans have called for one of them to return this month.

Lesley speaks

Lesley Ugochukwu in action for Saints

Ugochukwu has now made four consecutive Premier League appearances, which is the most he has ever made for Saints or the Blues in a row.

“First of all, I’m very happy to be back in the squad,” said Ugochukwu, speaking in the Brentford match programme. “It’s been a long time.

“With the manager, I think he’s bringing something new to the team so now it’s all about belief in ourselves. It’s always good to have someone that believes in you.

“That’s what I get from the new gaffer. That’s why I want to fight for the gaffer, for the club, for everyone – my teammates, for myself, for the fans as well.

“I’m trying to be the type of player that people can rely on. I think I can bring a lot to the team, with my height, my long legs and my aggressiveness.

“With the style of play we’re playing now, that’s what I’m trying to use to put the team as high as possible. I would say it’s a different style, it’s more direct.

“I think it’s also good because in the position we’re in, it’s all about fighting to get up there and about belief in ourselves as well.

“He has just arrived so he’s trying to make me improve in what he wants me to do, so every time we have training or a game he shows us what he wants.

“I’ll take these five months as an experience. I’m still a young player. I need to learn many things; in life, there are many ups and downs.

“I’ll take the downs as something that will make me better after. My past experience is now in the past and I’ll focus on my present and my future.

“When you have challenges like this, you try to see where it went wrong, so I started asking myself where I can get better to get back into the squad.

“Probably train harder, just do my best to give something to the squad, and I think that’s what I’m trying to give now.

“It hasn’t been easy for me, but as a man, I grew up a lot. I learned a lot as a footballer as well.

“Every challenge you need to take as an opportunity to learn more and then you win at the end of the day. That’s the motivation.

“We, as a team, we still believe (in beating relegation). I think the fans as well, they want to be like, ‘Southampton did it’; so that’s our mentality.

“We want to prove to people that, okay, it wasn’t a great start, but we’ll surprise you guys. That’s what we want to do.”

Quotes via Daily Echo.