Every word Thomas Tuchel said on Leeds vs Chelsea, Kante injury, Aubameyang, Mike Dean, Casadei

“Quite serious. We’re talking about weeks. So not good news. We are disappointed and sad because N’Golo was super important and was super fit. He will be out for several weeks.

"Armando [Broja] will be out for days and cannot come with us to Leeds. Mateo Kovacic as well, he's still out with knee problems. Christian Pulisic had Achilles problems but he trained today. So let’s see [on him].”

Wesley Fofana asks to be left out of Leicester squad as Chelsea transfer talk intensifies

“No, the opposite of frustrated after last week’s match. I’m very happy, very confident after last week’s performance because I saw a good team, a very good team performance, an excellent match. As I told you, we work together on reinforcements but it’s never easy and it’s not like we can just wish for something and it will happen.

"As long as the transfer window is open, there are always possibilities. We know what we are trying, we know what we are doing. The focus is on what we have, not what we could have. The focus from me is the team, they get their full energy and full attention from us.”

“I know there are a lot of talks but will also not comment on our players. We will not encourage our players to go out at the moment. We had now two training sessions [this week] with 18 players and in a schedule where we play once a week, it is not a problem.

"But if I look a little bit, raise the chin up a little bit and look at the schedule that is coming with Southampton during the week and two Champions League matches, it’s coming. It’s in front of the door. We will need a lot of players and quality players to be competitive. At the moment, as I said, we have what we have. We know what we’re looking for. From there we go and only from there we can