Marc Cucurella is excited by what Chelsea can produce under Graham Potter and expects the Blues to have made some big strides when the Premier League season resumes after Christmas. The Spanish defender, who arrived in a deal worth in excess of £60million in the summer, believes the volume of games in October and November posed a problem for his head coach, but that the World Cup break has provided a perfect opportunity.
Potter replaced Thomas Tuchel in September and was quickly met with two postponed matches and an international break before 13 matches in six weeks. Inevitably, injuries awaited and saw the 47-year-old have to deal without the likes of Wesley Fofana, Reece James, Ben Chilwell and N'Golo Kante.
While Chelsea have had a large proportion of their squad at the World Cup, the likes of Cucurella, alongside Trevoh Chalobah, Jorginho, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Lewis Hall and Armando Broja have been able to spend time at Cobham and Abu Dhabi working under their head coach. Although the latter is now not expected to play again this season.
