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Chilwell on Ashley Cole's words of wisdom, his improving fitness and
working to build team chemistry

01 Oct 2020


Most of the new arrivals at Stamford Bridge this summer have cited Frank
Lampard's influence as key in selling them the Chelsea project, though
for Ben Chilwell there was another former Blues legend similarly
influential in the pitch.


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The England international, who has been named in Gareth Southgate's latest
England squad today, was the latest of our new boys to face the media in
an introductory press conference at Cobham on Thursday afternoon.


During the briefing, he discussed his eagerness to play in the Champions
League, detailed the work going on to improve the team's defensive record
and provided an update on his fitness following the heel injury that has
delayed his start to life in west London.


However, before all that, the 23-year-old started by talking about Ashley
Cole and his recent meeting with the former Chelsea number three, who is
now coaching in the Academy with our Under-16s.


'Coming to Chelsea, as well as talking to the manager, a big factor for me
was speaking to Ashley Cole,' revealed Chilwell. 'Seeing the career he had
here, I wanted to emulate that and still do.


'Having someone like that who has played for Chelsea and England, it was
important for me and I was quite keen on getting to meet him so I could
get to know him and pick his brains on what he thought of Chelsea as a
club and how he reached the success he had here.


'I was quite keen to have that chat to find out stuff like that and I'm
going to work as hard as I can over the next however many years to try to
emulate what he did here.'


Expanding on Cole's advice, Chilwell claimed the over-riding message from
the man who won eight major honours as a Blue was to give everything and
play with passion.


'He just said work hard - I know it sounds pretty cliche but the fans
here love players who want to work hard and die for the badge and win for
the football club,' he continued. 'He said when he first came here, he
wanted to win for the club because he loved playing for Chelsea and if I
could take that on board, really loving the club and wanting to win for it
then I should have a great career here.'


https://twitter.com/BenChilwell/status/1301190562545053696

Great afternoon spent chatting to this legend! Hopefully i can have a
career like yours at this amazing club
@TheRealAC3


Speaking just two days after his full debut, the defender detailed the
nature of the foot injury that has kept him out of Premier League action
since the start of July. He sustained it in Leicester's 3-0 win over
Crystal Palace following the post-lockdown restart and will be hoping to
make his first Chelsea league appearance against the Eagles this weekend.


'It was a plantar fascia injury and with that you can't come back too
quickly because it just aggravates it,' he said. 'It's been frustrating
because when you join a new club, you want to train and play straight away
and help the team but it was one of those things that if I rushed it, I
would have made it a lot worse.


'Credit to the staff here because they've helped me a lot in terms of
managing the load and making sure when I do come back that I'm fully fit
and touch wood not going to have another episode where it might flare up
again. That's the reason for building me back into the match minutes
slowly because it's important I get it right.


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'I feel fit now. I played 65 minutes against Tottenham a few days ago and
felt very fit. I knew going into that game it would only be a 60 or
65-minute job for myself because it's an injury where I can't miss steps
out and just jump to playing 90 minutes straight away.


'I felt fine after the game which was positive and I trained today ready
for the weekend so fitness-wise I feel very good.'


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The defender made his debut against Barnsley in the Carabao Cup


Chilwell is not the only defensive reinforcement to bolster Lampard's
ranks this summer, joining Thiago Silva and goalkeeper Edouard Mendy in
through the door in recent weeks. It is an area of the team that Lampard
knows must improve and work is ongoing at Cobham, with Chilwell sure that
team chemistry will aid communication and resilience in the coming weeks.


'With the players we have and the players that have been brought in, as
well as the coaching staff, it's a good recipe for things that can happen
this season,' he said. 'We're working a lot on the training pitch
defensively in terms of conceding less goals from set-pieces and open
play.


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Chilwell has been hard at work at Cobham


'We're working hard on that and hopefully when we build that team
chemistry a bit more over the next few weeks and everyone starts training
more and getting back to match fitness, it should start to gel nicely.'


Swapping Leicester for London was not an easy decision for a young man who
joined the Foxes aged 12 but the lure of Champions League football was a
particularly strong one for Chilwell, who had a taste of the big European
stage in 2016/17 when Leicester were narrowly beaten in the quarter-finals
by Atletico Madrid.


'The Champions League is a massive reason I wanted to come here,' Chilwell
explained. 'Everyone wants to play in the Champions League – when I go
away to England and talk to the boys they just say how much they love it.


'I had a taste of it a few years ago and really enjoyed playing,
especially against Atletico in the quarter-finals. It's the highest stage
of club football to really challenge yourself and at Chelsea, with the
great squad we've got, hopefully we can do really well this season.'


While emulating Cole's incredible Chelsea career remains a bold ambition
for Chilwell, it is a sign that he aims to set the bar as high as
possible, a trait he also saw in conversations with Lampard before
agreeing to the move.


'I spoke to the manager and straight away got that feeling that you want
to play for him and you want to win for him,' he added. 'He won a lot of
silverware here and I think it's important to play for a manager that
loves the club I'm joining and knows what it takes to win trophies here.


'That has been a big reason why a lot of the players have joined. His
man-management seems top, even the boys who aren't playing will say that
as well, and tactically he's very good. He just seems like a really good
guy who you want to do well for and that was the main reason I wanted to
come.'

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