Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca has been speaking to the media before Friday's Club World Cup Group D match against Flamengo (kick-off 19:00 BST).
Here are the key lines from his news conference:
Maresca confirmed that he still "trusts" Mykhailo Mudryk, despite the Football Association charging the winger with violating its anti-doping rules, adding: "Misha is a Chelsea player. I trust all of my players."
The last time the pair spoke was at the Europa Conference League final and the Ukrainian appeared "quite good" and "didn't seem worried", but the club are "definitely going to contact him in the coming days or week".
Chelsea want to sign another winger this summer, regardless of the Mudryk situation.
Maresca added: "We've already done one entire season without him and we tried to find a solution with some of the academy players, like Tyrique [George]. We are going to go for a winger this summer because it's quite clear it's a position we need to work on."
There are no new injury concerns but he will need to rotate players throughout the tournament to cope with playing "a game every three days". He added: "I'm not saying it will be 10 or 11 players each game, but four or five players for sure. We cannot play each game with the same players."
When asked about how the squad is handling playing in the heat of the American summer, he responded: "It's not easy but this is also why we are trying to rotate the players. It's a problem for us, but it's also a problem for some of the other teams."
Maresca believes Flamengo will be "more used to" the current temperatures.
On their Brazilian opponents, he said: "They are a very good team, they play nice football and they have many good players. Their manager is a former player, who played for many years in Europe, so I know him. They are well organised and, like any Brazilian team, full of very good players."
The players will have played 11 months of non-stop football when the Club World Cup ends, so he is trying to protect them by "training less" and "prioritising the things that are important" such as in-game tactics.
He explained his comments about the Club World Cup feeling like a pre-season for Chelsea, stating: "We finished our season in the Premier League and Europe, we had some days off but then we started again, so the feeling we have is of pre-season. But we know this is a big competition, so we are here to win games and go far."
When asked whether the club are open to listening to offers for Noni Madueke, he was quick to shut down the rumours. He said: "Noni is our player. You can read speculation about many players at the moment, but he is our player and we consider him our player for next season as well."
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[BBC]