Avram Grant insists he has "the backing" of his Chelsea players and
has declared himself happy at how they have responded to his
appointment.
Grant said: "I think I have the backing of the players. I can only
judge them by their actions or by the words they speak to me.
"I spoke with the players individually and even before I became a
manager. My relationship with them is good and I enjoy working with
them. You saw on Sunday their attitude was at a high level.
"In training and on the pitch I think Chelsea can be very proud of
these players. They are very professional and have a good attitude,
I don't see one problem so far.
"But look, I don't think anyone is happy from this situation. The
situation has happened but nobody in the club was happy. But it has
happened and this is football, it is not the first time it has
happened.
"But we need to adapt to it as soon as possible, and I think all of
us, the players and the management have done that and we are
looking forward to improving our quality of football, that is our
goal.
"I am very happy with their attitude, even from the injured
players, they all want to play.
"Didier (Drogba) started training on Monday, one week before we
expected, Ricardo Carvalho started training on Tuesday and Frank
Lampard is doing very well, so I expect to see them in the team
soon.
"For the moment, I have not seen that. I am a very positive person
- I like to think about the positive things the players can bring
to Chelsea."
