\n Mamadou Sarr has quickly settled back into life at Chelsea after returning from his loan at Strasbourg. His familiarity with his Blues team-mates, forged during the Club World Cup, has helped. As has the defender’s relationship with head coach Liam Rosenior.
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Sarr signed for Chelsea from Strasbourg in June and was part of the squad that triumphed at the Club World Cup. He made his Chelsea debut Stateside, in our victory over ES Tunis, before rejoining Strasbourg on loan in August. <\/p>\n
Having continued to impress in France and winning the African Cup of Nations with Senegal, the decision was taken for Sarr to return to Stamford Bridge on the final day of the winter transfer window. <\/p>\n
It hasn’t taken the 20-year-old long to feel comfortable in his surroundings at Cobham. \u2018I\u2019m very happy to be here,\u2019 Sarr explained after training at Cobham this week. <\/p>\n
\u2018It was easy to come back because I know the guys, I know all the people, so it was easy. They are great players and it is exciting for me to be here.\u2019<\/p>\n
In addition to building relationships with many players within the squad at the Club World Cup, Sarr also has a close bond with Rosenior from their time together at Strasbourg. <\/p>\n
It was a successful spell for the defender, who wore the captain\u2019s armband on a number of occasions as he continued gaining valuable experience in Ligue 1. <\/p>\n
\u2018I know Liam, he knows me,\u2019 Sarr continued. \u2018I know how he trains, I know how he prepares for the game. I know him very well. I think he\u2019s a great coach.<\/p>\n
\u2018I think I progressed a lot at Strasbourg because I was the vice-captain, so it was another responsibility there.<\/p>\n
\u2018I felt great to be captain there, so that made me grow up from the experience. I prefer to lead by example. I don\u2019t speak too much, I\u2019m a very calm guy.\u2019<\/p>\n
However, one thing that has been new for Mamadou since returning to Chelsea has been the fierce competition in English football.<\/p>\n
The Senegal international made his full debut for the Blues and his first appearance in English football during our 4-0 win over Hull City in the FA Cup fourth round. <\/p>\n
It was a learning experience for centre-back, but he hopes it was just the start of what he can learn and achieve in this country with the Blues.<\/p>\n
\u2018There is a lot of intensity, long balls,\u2019 reflected Sarr when asked about his first start in England. \u2018It was a tough game, but I was so happy to make my [full] debut for Chelsea. I hope I will play a lot of games here.<\/p>\n
\u2018I just try to play a good game and be good on the pitch, because it\u2019s all about that and winning trophies.<\/p>\n
\u2018My goal is to win trophies here, play a lot of games and learn from my team-mates and the Premier League as well.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Mamadou Sarr has quickly settled back into life at Chelsea after returning from his loan at Strasbourg.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":487815,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":["post-487814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=487814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487814\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/487815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=487814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=487814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=487814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}