Following the signing of Papy Djilobodji from Nantes earlier this week,  the Senegalese had an interview with the Chelsea website. Chelsea signed the 26 year old on a 4 year contract for a reported £2.7m.
I am really happy to be a Chelsea player. I have come here to learn and to go to higher places with the club, and to win trophies as well. I’m really happy and I want to show all my qualities and skills not just to the manager and players, but also to the supporters.
Djilobodji also took part in his first training session this week. Due to the international break most of the squad were away taking part in international qualifiers or friendlies. However Djilobodji still enjoyed it and was pleased to meet some of his team mates.
It went really well. It was absolutely brilliant to be out there training. I spoke to the manager who welcomed me which was really nice of him and I thanked him. I spoke to the players that are here, like John Terry, Falcao, Oscar and Loic Remy.
He also thinks his style of a big strong defender who can get up high to win aerial duels or make strong crunching tackles suits the Premier League well.
The quality of football is always really high. People have told me I have an English style of play, and what I’m going to do is keep adapting my style of play so I can play like everyone here.
Many people hadn’t heard of Djilobodji before Chelsea signed him but he feels he’s improving and that working under Mourinho he’s only going to keep getting better.
I want to do my job well, which is to defend well and to not let things get past me. Technically-speaking I am making a lot of progress. From this point onwards I am going to be looking from advice from the manager and implement what he advises me to do and what my team mates want me to do.
Papy Djilobodji, Source: Chelsea FC
