Former Chelsea boss Ruud Gullit says incoming Mauricio Pochettino must address the overloaded squad he's about inherit.
Gullit believes having such a large squad can work against team spirit.
He told The Mirror: There are too many players. Too many good players. How many are there? Thirty?
If you've been bought by Chelsea, then you are at a level and you want to play.
But they will complain if they are not in the team. The players who aren't playing are going to talk badly. That's normal.
But if Chelsea win, they have nothing to say. They shut up. And now you have players who are in the team on Sunday and out of it on Wednesday. They are moaning, too.
Chelsea isn't winning. So they all moan. There are uncertainties everywhere.
And it's the ones who don't play who are the ones you have to be careful of."
He continued: So, the group is too big. It's creating a horrible atmosphere.
And they took a gamble, buying all these players and putting them on seven-year contracts?
Did they ever stop to think how they were going to sell them if it didn't click? It doesn't look like it."
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