There has been a great deal of attention placed on the number of players Chelsea have to get rid off. It is understandable with the Blues being home to too many bodies leading to occasions where they are oversubscribed for a matchday squad.
Mauricio Pochettino is said to prefer to work with a smaller group, while Frank Lampard has cited that the size of the squad and the predicaments it perhaps has left for certain players was his biggest challenge during his time as caretaker manager.
He said in his final press conference: "The squad has been too deep and that's the biggest challenge I've found day to day. Coming in and trying to work with big numbers and players that are maybe a little bit, for whatever reason, disillusioned, for right or wrong, that they're not playing or they might be leaving. Those situations can be sorted out now and they have to be."
