{"id":288862,"date":"2023-09-06T11:34:07","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T11:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=288862"},"modified":"2023-09-06T11:34:07","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T11:34:07","slug":"colwill-reveals-how-ex-liverpool-star-convinced-him-to-stay-at-chelsea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/colwill-reveals-how-ex-liverpool-star-convinced-him-to-stay-at-chelsea\/","title":{"rendered":"Colwill reveals how ex-Liverpool star convinced him to STAY at Chelsea"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Levi Colwill admits ex-Liverpool midfielder and former Brighton team-mate convinced him to STAY at Chelsea and sign a new long-term deal under &#8216;good guy&#8217; Mauricio Pochettino<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Colwill has revealed that he was convinced to stay at Chelsea by a teammate\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The defender signed a six-year deal to stay at his boyhood club for the future\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>This came after a loan spell at Brighton, where he received the advice\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Chelsea defender Levi Colwill has revealed that an ex-Brighton teammate of his and former Liverpool star convinced him to sign a new contract and remain at Stamford Bridge under Mauricio Pochettino.<\/p>\n<p>The 20-year-old signed a six-year deal at Chelsea this summer, putting the end to speculation surrounding his future.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Colwill enjoyed a successful loan spell at Brighton &amp; Hove Albion last season, and he revealed that it was during this time that a teammate of his convinced him to remain at Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p>The defender admitted that his teammate became an influential figure on him during his time at the AmEx and gave him advice on his future.<\/p>\n<p>While Liverpool were heavily linked with a move for Colwill, it was the advice from his Brighton colleague, and ex-Liverpool player, that swayed him into staying at Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/06\/11\/75115667-12486469-image-a-56_1693996646043.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Levi Colwill has revealed that an ex-Brighton teammate of his convinced him to stay at Chelsea<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/06\/11\/75115885-12486469-image-a-57_1693996667713.jpg\" height=\"418\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Colwill said that Adam Lallana gave a glowing review of Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/06\/11\/75115887-12486469-image-m-59_1693996687195.jpg\" height=\"355\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The pair worked together during their time at Southampton back in 2013<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the press ahead of his potential England debut, Colwill revealed that Adam Lallana gave a glowing review of new Chelsea manager Pochettino.<\/p>\n<p>The pair worked together during their time at Southampton, and Lallana was on hand to ease any concerns that Colwill may have had.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0&#8216;I have had conversations with Adam,&#8217; revealed Colwill.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He told me about how much of a good guy he (Pochettino) was and he thinks he is a really good manager and I took that on board when I was making my decision.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0The defender was not disappointed when he finally met his new boss as he said:\u00a0&#8216;When I finally met him (Pochettino), I realised everything Adam said was true.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;That&#8217;s a big difference, him showing that there are two sides whereas the majority of managers may just look at you like a footballer, which he doesn&#8217;t. That helps me play my best football. I know I&#8217;m going to improve. I can guarantee that. He&#8217;s such a good manager and he will push me, he won&#8217;t let me have any off-days, that&#8217;s what I need.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Someone like me, if someone lets me go to sleep, I might just have a good day or a bad day. I need someone there to give me that kick up bum and say &#8216;keep going&#8217;. That&#8217;s what he does.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Colwill will be hoping that he can impress while on England duty and return to Stamford Bridge and get back to winning ways after the Blues fell to a 1-0 defeat at home to Notitngham Forest last time out.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12486469\/Levi-Colwill-Chelsea-Brighton-Liverpool-England-Adam-Lallana-Mauricio-Pochettino.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Levi Colwill admits ex-Liverpool midfielder and former Brighton team-mate convinced him to STAY at Chelsea and sign a new long-term deal under &#8216;good guy&#8217; Mauricio Pochettino Colwill has revealed that he was convinced to stay at Chelsea by a teammate\u00a0 The defender signed a six-year deal to stay at his boyhood club for the future\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":288861,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Colwill reveals how ex-Liverpool star convinced him to STAY at Chelsea - Sports Life Tale<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/colwill-reveals-how-ex-liverpool-star-convinced-him-to-stay-at-chelsea\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Colwill reveals how ex-Liverpool star convinced him to STAY at Chelsea - Sports Life Tale\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Levi Colwill admits ex-Liverpool midfielder and former Brighton team-mate convinced him to STAY at Chelsea and sign a new long-term deal under &#8216;good guy&#8217; 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