Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino said it will be good to catch up with Aston Villa boss Unai Emery and that they deserved to be in Europe more than Chelsea based on last year
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00:00 up against Unai Emery on Sunday, your relationship with him goes back many years, are you friends
00:05 or is there a slight rivalry there between you?
00:09 I think we have a very good relationship. I think we started, you know, he started to
00:15 coach before than me because he was already in early days to be a coach. I was after but
00:23 I always started to play when I was in Spain and then in different clubs in Europe. Yes,
00:30 I think he's a great coach, a great coach and I think we have a very good relationship
00:34 with him and with all the coaching staff of Aston Villa. I think it's going to be great
00:38 to see him.
00:39 And how much does it benefit for yourself to not be in Europe this week, Aston Villa
00:46 playing away, do you think on Sunday given the extra time you've spent with your players
00:49 and the rest they've had, does that put you at an advantage?
00:52 I don't want to take advantage of this situation but I think we are not because we didn't
01:00 deserve to be involved in the Europa League. I think they have a very good squad, very
01:06 good players and I think they are prepared to compete in Europe and the Conference League
01:12 like they are involved but I think for us, because of the circumstances, it looks like
01:18 we only have 15 players and then we need to use three or four players from the academy.
01:31 I think at the moment because of the circumstances it looks like it's not enough but yes, I think
01:38 we were talking, we need time and of course we are going to be competitive when the moment
01:45 and right that all the players will be involved again in the training and helping the team.