Roundup: Friday 22nd September

Here's what has occurred today......

Poch Presser:

• Caicedo to be assessed pre-Villa.

• Cucurella and Madueke both back training and available for selection.

• Broja has a chance to be in the squad v Villa.

• Badiashile has a slight issue with his opposite injury, thought to be minor.

• Reece James, Carney Chukwumeka and Trevoh Chalobah are all very close to re-joining team training.

• Poch says: "We are playing well but need to be more clinical and convert chances into goals, which is the most important thing in football. It's difficult to find stats this season without Chelsea in the Top 4. We just need to score goals."

  https://twitter.com/SeunMobolaji/status/1705234466166161749

  Credit to: SeunMobolaji & Blue_Footy

• Poch believes Gallagher is captain material

• Poch has had a chat with Enzo & Jackson about discipline (Jackson 4 yellows, Enzo 2 yellows) and dissent to referees.

Trev Clarifies the PT situation:

https://twitter.com/TrevohChalobah/status/1705224279904620808

Toney noise rumbles on:

Chelsea are confident of signing Brentford striker Ivan Toney. Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino is leading the charge to sign Toney after making it clear to the Stamford Bridge hierarchy that he needs more firepower.

#CFC alex_crook via TheBlueDodger

CG has his say on captaincy:

https://twitter.com/ChelseaFC/status/1704940973145338250

Thiago turnt 39 (what an image):

Further Poch quotes on CG being captain:

Pochettino on why Gallagher is Captain over Enzo: “If we need to communicate with the referee, I think Conor can do the job perfectly. For me, I prefer Conor than Enzo because I think Conor can speak more English.”

[@noahrobson_ via Vavel]

Joe Cole talking about Cole Palmer:

“He’s the Jack Grealish, James Maddison type. He’s got lovely balance, and a lovely left foot. I’ve watched him mainly playing off the right, coming in on his left foot. But he could play as a 10. He can float anywhere in the final third, but he’s just a player that makes an impact. It’s a high-pressure environment (at Chelsea) and I’m sure Cole Palmer will fit in there fine.”

That is near enough everything that is worth reporting from today (written at 11.45pm Friday night). I hope you all have a lovely weekend and we all get the result and performance we crave on Sunday at 2pm.

UP THE CHELS!

Luke Rushbrook