Chelsea summer signing Mateo Kovacic has tipped himself to do great things at Chelsea in the coming months after training with Maurizio Sarri for less than two weeks.
The Real Madrid player is on loan at Chelsea has tasted Premier League for less than half an hour, but already thinks his experience at Chelsea will be one to savor. He was introduced to Chelsea’s game against Arsenal to replace Ross Barkley and quickly asserted himself in the game.
Kovacic proved a missing piece in Sarri’s jigsaw as he kept dancing past his opponents and finding his teammates with ease.
The Croatia midfielder, showed he can be trusted by Sarri and after the game, he made it clear he felt great playing under a manager who believed in him, after warming the bench at the Santiago Bernabeu in his three years in Spain.
“I am happy because of victory, the most important is that team played good. I feel fine, I miss rhythm but I just joined the team. I am working fine and improving.
It was important for me after three years without continuity of play in Madrid, to find a team and coach that want me, and that happened in Chelsea. The club who wanted me and the coach that believes in me. That is what I need. Sarri knows me for a long time and I watched a lot of his matches. He loves to play, the team is great, with a lot of big players. I don’t expect it to be hard for me to adapt.”
Mateo Kovacic, Goal
Chelsea head to Newcastle United on Sunday and Kovacic will hope he can play another vital part in the game.
