Chelsea defender Sarr full of praise for loan chief Ferreira: We spoke every day | OneFootball

Chelsea defender Malang Sarr is full of praise for Paulo Ferreira, the club's loan chief.

Sarr signed for Chelsea last summer from Nice and was immediately sent on-loan for the season to Porto.

He had his elder brother with him for company, and a former Porto legend and now a Chelsea loan player technical coach, Paulo Ferreira, back at Cobham analysing his performances and offering guidance.

"He was really kind with me, he was talking to me almost every day, trying to get news, asking for feedback, checking everything was going well," says Sarr to chelseafc.com.

"I felt really good at Porto and the main reason was because of him. He was taking care of me. He gave me some little tricks with the language as well!"

Almost exactly a third of Sarr's minutes last season came in the Champions League, with his six appearances in the competition yielding four clean sheets, an opening-game loss at beaten finalists Man City, and those Juventus heroics.

"To play in the Champions League was a goal of mine since I was a kid," he acknowledges.

"It was great to have that opportunity, see the level and where I'm at. I was happy to do pretty well, we were really solid defensively and that's the main thing for me as a defender."