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·16 Oktober 2025
Benoit Badiashile names the first two players out on the pitch for training

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·16 Oktober 2025
Chelsea defender Benoit Badiashile has named the first two Blues players out on the pitch for training every day.
I always think this shows a lot when you hear about things like this. The most eager and keen players, the ones who want to work hardest from start to finish, the ones who are ready and buzzing to go even for training, those are the players who are always going to have the most elite mentalities and attitudes.
So it perhaps comes as no surprise to hear that one of the first Chelsea players out on the pitch for training is the club captain Reece James!
The other one is centre back Tosin Adarabioyo, according to his fellow centre back Badiashile, who has done a questions and answers type interview on the Chelsea Website today.
Benoit Badiashile warms up in the Conference League. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images)
The French defender was asked, who is the first person out on the pitch for training?
He replied, “most of the time it is Tosin [Adarabioyo] and Reece [James].”
He was asked many other questions as well including who is the biggest joker in the squad. I am sure that again, nobody will be surprised to hear that he answered, Marc Cucurella!
He said: ‘Cucu [Marc Cucurella], there is no debate. This guy is just crazy, he can make you laugh from nothing.’
Chelsea are apparently happy with their current goalkeepers and will not be looking to make a move to sign a new one anytime soon, and that means Mike Maignan of AC Milan too apparently.
Former goalkeeper Ben Foster has said that Joao Pedro is a ‘phenomenal footballer’ and has the ability to score ‘dirty little goals’.