Chelsea centre-back Ricardo Carvalho thinks that the arrival last week of fellow compatriot Ricardo Quaresma on loan from Inter Milan for the rest of the season can help provide a real boost at Stamford Bridge.
"Quaresma is a very fast and explosive player who is a real warrior on the pitch," Carvalho told Four-Four-Two magazine earlier.
"So he will be able to handle the physical nature of the Premier League. But at the same time he is a very technical player and can score goals, which will be good for us.
"He will be a huge help to us at this time of the season. He is a very attacking player and that is what we need at Chelsea at the moment."
With former Portugal national coach Luiz Felipe Scolari managing Chelsea now, Quaresma is also the sixth Portuguese player currently at Chelsea, and Carvalho insists that the winger would continually discuss English football with his team-mates when with the Portugal national team.
"At different times with the Portugal national team he would always ask about English football and was interested in what it was like," the defender added.
"He could have come here last summer but he ended up going to Inter Milan with Jose Mourinho. But it has not worked out for him there.
"Scolari knows Quaresma well and this is an advantage for us. He also knows a lot of players here already, but he will need time to adapt. He will add more pace, which is important. Nicolas Anelka and Didier Drogba will love playing with him because he gets a lot of assists."
Quaresma arrived at Stamford Bridge just minutes before the transfer deadline closed, with Tottenham Hotspur also being reportedly interested in the player's services. Carvalho hopes that he can contribute to the strength that Chelsea will require to achieve any success this season.
He himself is keen to get back and get 'stuck in' again as well, saying, "We have to be strong between now and the end of the season after the defeat to Liverpool. I just want to get back to help out."
"Quaresma is a very fast and explosive player who is a real warrior on the pitch," Carvalho told Four-Four-Two magazine earlier.
"So he will be able to handle the physical nature of the Premier League. But at the same time he is a very technical player and can score goals, which will be good for us.
"He will be a huge help to us at this time of the season. He is a very attacking player and that is what we need at Chelsea at the moment."
With former Portugal national coach Luiz Felipe Scolari managing Chelsea now, Quaresma is also the sixth Portuguese player currently at Chelsea, and Carvalho insists that the winger would continually discuss English football with his team-mates when with the Portugal national team.
"At different times with the Portugal national team he would always ask about English football and was interested in what it was like," the defender added.
"He could have come here last summer but he ended up going to Inter Milan with Jose Mourinho. But it has not worked out for him there.
"Scolari knows Quaresma well and this is an advantage for us. He also knows a lot of players here already, but he will need time to adapt. He will add more pace, which is important. Nicolas Anelka and Didier Drogba will love playing with him because he gets a lot of assists."
Quaresma arrived at Stamford Bridge just minutes before the transfer deadline closed, with Tottenham Hotspur also being reportedly interested in the player's services. Carvalho hopes that he can contribute to the strength that Chelsea will require to achieve any success this season.
He himself is keen to get back and get 'stuck in' again as well, saying, "We have to be strong between now and the end of the season after the defeat to Liverpool. I just want to get back to help out."
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