Enzo Maresca hopes that Chelsea kitchen staff can inspire its stars at Champions League football.
And he called a meeting of 100 employees on the training field to let everyone know that they play a role-even the fruit cutters.
He reminded his under -performance stars how many people work hard behind the scenes to help them achieve their goals.
Boss Maresca revealed: “I have prepared a meeting with all people: kitchen staff, groundsmen, kit men, everyone in the building.
“I asked them to push until the end, because our goal was to bring this club back to the Champions League. I did this a month ago.
“I told the players in that meeting:” When I arrive here at seven in the morning, there are people from the kitchen that cut the fruit in the same way. “Cut, cut, cut, cut.
“So there are people behind whom you can't see, who work every day to help you reach your goal.
“The kitchen people prepare breakfast and they do it all perfectly.
“I tried to convince them that there are people who work hard and we all have to push together to achieve our goal.”
Maresca, whose side face a crunch collision at fellow top-four contenders Aston Villa tonight, revealed that his kitchen-staff plan was the result of a sleepless night.
He said: “I went to bed at 12 o'clock and I woke up at four o'clock. It was when we were third or fourth. I couldn't sleep.
“I started to think:” It could be a good idea in the morning to arrive and bring all people into the building together and share this message. “And they were there, everyone, at ten o'clock.”
Maresca is not the first Chelsea boss who is looking for inspiration by fruit.
Mauricio Pochettino, last summer at AX to make way for Maresca, kept lemons in his office because he believes they suck negative vibes.
Chelsea certainly needs inspiration from somewhere after an infertile enchantment of two Prem victories since December 16.
The blues have slipped to the sixth.
Maresca made it clear that his players had to perform despite an injury crisis.
He said: “My ambition since I came to this club has always been the same to bring this club where this club deserves to be.
“It is why I came to this club, because I saw the same desire from the owners and the sports directors.
“Otherwise it was not in the mood to participate, because this club cannot survive alone, it is a club that you have to win to win games, you have to fight for something important.”
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