Every word Thomas Tuchel said on Raheem Sterling start, Armando Broja injury, Cristiano Ronaldo
"We are working on more numbers, everyone is wishing to have a complete team when they are in pre-season but it almost never happens. We are working and trying to be as fast and intense on it as possible but at the same time, we are relaxed knowing what we have to offer. At the same time, we're focused on the players that are here because that is in general what's most important."
"He is on an individual programme, he didn't join the team because some of the team are two weeks ahead of him with training sessions, double training sessions, and there are intense training sessions ahead of him.
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"It is not the moment that he joins full team training in every minute on the pitch. We will see what happens but it is pretty obvious what he delivers and that's exactly what you see on the pitch. I have a feeling that he is absolutely happy to be here. It's a new chapter for him and I feel he is ready to fulfil this chapter in his career.
"They are relaxed first days on an individual programme, which is pretty demanding but on a different level to the others. He will join the training from today (Friday) but he is not there yet."
"He had a little accident yesterday in training with the ball control and landed in a funny way on his ankle and Achilles. He is in pain but nothing is injured – we did the examinations and it's just pain. He is lucky that he did not get injured. We are lucky and happy that he did not injure himself.
"He is not in training and he is in treatment, Armando. For Raheem, we have not decided the line up but he did not train every minute with the team so it is not very likely that he will play."
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