Do you feel like you've found your best form and position?
It's hard to say.
I'm in a good run right now I think.
I've played some good matches in the past, so maybe with my performances in the last
few matches.
But I think as a footballer, you're always hungry and want more.
So I hope I can play with a lot more consistency, like in the last year for example, and I hope
I can keep on going like this.
How much is the uncertainty affecting the squad?
We are all professional football players.
Everyone knows it's kind of a strange situation for everyone at the club right now.
We, the players, have to focus on playing football matches.
That's the best we can do.
All the other stuff, I think the club has to sort out by themselves.
I don't think it's about the players.
I also can't speak about it much because we are all very focused on the games and I think
this is the most important thing for us at the moment.
How much of a challenge is it to just stay focused on football at a time like this?
I think everyone knows it's not easy.
You always try to focus on the games but I think such a situation never happened at Chelsea
before, so it is a little bit strange.
But we are professionals and sometimes situations like this can happen.
It's not easy for us all, especially for the club and the fans.
I think the best we can do at the moment is to play good football, to try to give the
fans a smile during this situation.
Everything is tough for us at the moment but as we saw at the weekend, I think we can handle
these situations.
And hopefully tomorrow as well.
Would the players be willing to pay their own way in terms of travel to away matches
if needed?
I would pay, it's not a problem.
That's not a big deal for us.
For us to come to the games, that's the most important thing.
I think there are a lot of harder things in the world at the moment if we have to take
the bus or plane to an away game.
I would pay.
It's no problem.
Players and managers have had to answer difficult questions, do you believe generally speaking
that it is a footballer's job to answer these questions and are you comfortable speaking
about these issues?
I think for me, for the other players, for the manager, for everyone, it's hard to say
for us.
I think the manager said this as well.
We are sitting here at Cobham, we play football and can do what we love.
But there are a lot of bigger things happening right now than us playing football.
You see the images and you think it's not possible things like this can happen.
Still we are sitting here, we will play in a full stadium, we can enjoy some moments.
So for me, honestly, it's tough to speak about because I am not a politician and I don't
know everything about it.
Of course, I know it's the worst thing that can happen on the planet right now.
We all stand for peace so it's tough for me to speak about it.
We all know this.
But, obviously, people ask us first because we are public people and they want to know
what we think about it.
But to be honest, it's hard to answer these questions because we don't get in touch with
these situations.
It's tough to answer.
What progress have you made since the arrival of Thomas Tuchel and where do you still see
the potential for yourself?
The
arrival of Thomas Tuchel was good for us.
We won some titles and personally, I think I've grown as a player.
I think everyone knows you can not only have positive moments, but there are also negative
moments and I've had this in the last months and two years.
Personally, sometimes, I think I grow from these situations when you don't have a good
moment and maybe sit on the bench.
I can learn a lot and improve myself a lot.
A career doesn't always go up and up and up.
Sometimes, you have to fall down a little bit, sit on the bench and learn from it.
People don't really see sometimes it helps me and young players.
I am very happy here and at the moment, it's a good moment for me.
I just hope I can continue like this in the last games and I will do my best to do that.