Chelsea defender, Marc Cucurella has insisted that Brighton & Hove Albion midfielder, Moises Caicedo wants to join the Blues this summer.
Cucurella and Caicedo were former teammates at Brighton.
Caicedo has been heavily linked with a move to Chelsea this summer transfer window.
However, Cucurella believes the Ecuadorian international is a ‘top midfielder’, adding that he has a good relationship with him.
Speaking at a press conference in North Carolina on Tuesday, Cucurella was asked to give his views on Caicedo and the Spaniard said via Football London:
“I think he wants to come here, I have read in the media lots of times. I have a good relationship with him, he is a good midfielder and if he comes I think we will have a top midfielder for a long time.”
Cucurella hopes to see his old teammate join him at Chelsea next season, adding: “I’ve read in the media that he wants to come here a lot of times!
“I have a good relationship with him. He is a top player and if he came here I think we would have a top midfielder for a long time.”
Pochettino, meanwhile, has been grilling his young squad during a brutal first two weeks at Cobham training centre.
Cucurella is happy to see his colleagues rebuild their fitness after being outrun by rivals during a terrible season, but admits it has been gruelling. He said: “For sure, the first weeks were not easy! We worked a lot and ran a lot.
“We had double sessions on a lot of days. At the time, I was not happy but now when I think [about it] I see I spent a good time. You see your team mates suffer and have pain but it helps create good relationships and it moves onto the pitch.
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“I think this is important because the Premier League is very hard and we need to improve physically. We need to improve our physicality.
“If you don’t have this then it is impossible to win at this level. We obviously have the quality to play but I didn’t think last season we had the same level. We tried to do our best but we didn’t arrive at the best level. The most important thing and first step is to stay fit and then start to play well.”
