Ahead of the 2018/19 Community Shield, relive Man City's win over Chelsea courtesy of Bernardo Silva's strike from last March. Julien Laurens shares the latest on N'Golo Kante's links to PSG, while the rest of the FC crew explain the impact his leaving would have on Chelsea. Paul Mariner says it's imperative for new Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri to convince Willian to stay.
Maurizio Sarri has said he is very confident that Willian will remain a Chelsea player but the future of Thibaut Courtois depends largely on the player.
Willian returned to preseason training with Chelsea late after problems returning from Brazil.
The forward has been linked with a move to Manchester United and Barcelona, but Chelsea boss Sarri is not concerned that his delayed arrival had anything to do with engineering a move away.
"I spoke to him yesterday about [being late]," Sarri told a news conference ahead of Sunday's Community Shield game against Manchester City. "It was a very positive conversation and I am very happy about it. There is not a Willian problem."
Sarri was less confident about the future of Courtois amid speculation that the goalkeeper wants to leave Chelsea and join Real Madrid.
"At the moment Courtois is the goalkeeper of Chelsea," Sarri said. "I don't know in the future. It depends on the club, it depends especially on him, but I hope Courtois will be our goalkeeper."
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