"Literally from the first training session in which I saw him, he reminded me of myself. He was keen to learn, asking me questions about defending and constantly picking my brains over what I would do in different situations..."
"He's 100% in everything he does. Whether that's the warm-up to get him going, he's all-in. You don't ever want to take that away..."
"If you're at Chelsea, you've got great ability in the first place to be there. But it's really important for younger players to have that mentality and Alfie had that in abundance even from an early age..."
"It was weird the first few times, yeah, surreal, but you get used to it. You have a connection, a relationship, you can speak openly..."
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