Chelsea has overseen a severe overhaul of the playing squad since Frank Lampard left the club in 2021. Only 15 players remain from Lampard's first spell in charge with a host of names arriving in the last year.
"Modern football has big squads and I understand Chelsea might be the top end of that," Lampard said on managing a big squad. "I remember being here before and I had lots of difficult decisions of really good players and good people that you have to tell, you're not involved this week.
"Part of the job is to try and manage that situation and make every player feel included. Maybe in the beginning, with it being a short term, that's a positive thing for me because everyone can have a clean slate as such, and show in training and be competitive in training and the competitive nature can crossover onto the pitch. That's a good thing about the squad, you can push each other and try and manage that."
