Filipe Luis | Chelsea's Number 3

“It’s brilliant to be at this club, it’s a great feeling. Every time I play and train, I feel I’m at a big club.”

“Everyone wants to play. If you don’t, normally you’re not happy. But when I came here, I spoke with Mourinho and I knew I’d come to Chelsea to be a champion, not to be the best left-back or best crosser or something.”

“When you work with Mourinho, you have to know that the group, the collective is above the individual. I don’t think about myself right now.”

“The team are doing a great job. We won the first four league games and drew the fifth one. I have nothing to complain about. I have to wait for my chance and when it comes I must make sure I don’t go out of the first XI.”

“When you’re not playing, sometimes you’re not full of confidence. But I feel great. I went away with the national team [earlier this month] and I had my chance here to play in the Champions League, some minutes in the Premier League and the Capital One Cup.”

“So my fitness is perfect. I feel fresh. I’m not tired because I didn’t play in all the games and I hope when the coach needs me, I will be at my best and full of confidence.”

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While there is no suggestion that Luis himself has down anything wrong, the issue could turn into an unwelcome distraction for the player who is yet to make much of an impression at Stamford Bridge.
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"There’s no daylight."

"Here it gets dark at half past three or four. I had never lived that way. You have to change many routines, like my dinner time."

"I've nearly always been in the starting XI and this is a new situation for me - but I think it's a fair one."

"The team is playing very well. We're winning matches and conceding few goals."

"There's not much to say really but I'll try to make the most of the chances I get."