Marc Cucurella has revealed the challenges within Chelsea’s dressing room following another summer of heavy spending and high-profile departures.
This transfer window saw 11 new arrivals, while key players like Raheem Sterling and Conor Gallagher were allowed to leave.
Sterling joined Arsenal on loan, marking another phase of significant squad turnover under the ownership of Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital.
Since the club’s takeover in May 2022, Chelsea have spent over a billion pounds on transfers, while also going through multiple managerial changes.
Despite these investments, head coach Enzo Maresca is still managing a bloated squad, with some players forced to train away from the main group, which consists of around 28 players.
Cucurella, currently with the Spanish national team after their Euro 2024 victory, opened up about the difficulty in building team morale amidst the constant upheaval.
“It is true that it is difficult, here (with Spain) everything is much easier to generate a good atmosphere,” Cucurella told EFE.
“At Chelsea I try, but it is a time of change in which many players leave, and others come.
“I try to give my best.
“One of the keys to success in the Euro was the good group we had.
“In these tournaments you are together all day, we have to put up with each other and if we hadn’t gotten along, it would have been complicated.
“I try there, it comes naturally to me to create a good environment.”
Cucurella has also urged the hierarchy to be patient with Maresca, the fifth coach under the current regime, and believes that maintaining ‘calm’ could lead to success.
“I’m happy, the coach we have is very good, he has very clear ideas,” he added.
“We come from years of changing coaches, let’s see if we can gain stability without many changes and that the coach can transmit his ideas.
“We need stability, we have high-level players, and I hope we can have the patience that is needed, that calm, so that everything goes well.
“We have the level, we just need stability and letting the coaches and players work to do something important.”
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