I hope I can be with the team on Saturday [against Arsenal].
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The Spaniard has been at the centre of transfer talk, having played just 32 minutes in the Premier League under Antonio Conte this season.
The captain and central defender’s absence due to an ankle injury proved significant last Friday against Liverpool when they suffered their first defeat of the season.
Terry took to Instagram just a couple of hours before Conte began his press conference, leaving this thoughtful post which suggested that he may well have been disheartened after being ruled out of the game. The most important thing for Cesc is that he is one of Chelsea’s players.
“I’m pleased for him, because in the games when he didn’t start in the line-up he always had a great attitude”, Conte said.
“I think we’ve had some good speed in our game, Xhaka has done well, he’s been playing so I’m looking forward to it. Hopefully, he can see what I’m doing and that I deserve to play”. “I think it’s normal when you are in a team like Chelsea to have this problem, but I don’t see any problem in this situation”. I know that there are good results in this game against Arsenal. “We know we can improve a lot and the only way I know is to work very hard and to improve different aspects”.
Conte revealed before the game that there are no new injuries, but added that Terry is still unavailable with no return date set despite taking part in training sessions with the ball this week.
Chelsea travel to the Emirates Stadium to face Arsenal in the league on Saturday. And also I watched Jeffrey Schlupp come back after his injury, Ben Chilwell, Demarai Gray and Ahmed Musa must understand much better the Premier League, but it is okay.
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We want to improve more and we can improve, as he has said to us a few times. It is a special feeling every time I am there.
