Saul opens up on first 'big' problem facing him at Chelsea

"The language is a big challenge for me and I want to learn it as soon as possible in order to be able to communicate with my team-mates simply and comfortably," Saul Niguez said to the Chelsea website.

"At Atletico I used to speak with Trippier but my English isn’t good enough. I don’t even dare to do interviews in English!

"It’s really important [having Spanish players around]. Having Azpilicueta, Marcos [Alonso] and Kepa, especially Kepa, who has shared a room with me since we started playing for the Spanish national youth team.

"I already told Kepa to speak to me in English because I need to learn and get used to it.

"I don’t want to speak in Spanish with them. He can help me, but I’ll try to speak to him in English as much as I can unless I’m really struggling," Saul said.

Saul joined Chelsea on transfer deadline day. The Spaniard adds a lot of bite to the Chelsea midfield - which is already galvanized.

Saul has been handed the number 17 shirt by Chelsea and could make his Premier League debut against Aston Villa.