Chelsea manager threatens to drop first team stars

Chelsea manager, Jose Mourinho has threatened to drop his first team players for ‘kids’ if they don’t start getting the results.

Mourinho’s men have had a lackluster start to the season winning just two of their seven league matches.

Ahead of Chelsea’s UEFA Champions League tie with Porto, Mourinho has warned senior stars he would discard them in favour of the club's young players if they did not improve.

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“Clearly it's an attitude perspective of some individuals,” Mourinho said.

‘And when you have individuals with that unstable attitude in terms of motivation, desire and commitment, you will pay.

“There are two sorts of champions: champions who win something — and there are lots of them — and champions who during their career win one, two, three, four, five, 10 or 20 titles.

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‘It's difficult to win every season but you can be a serial champion in your approach and attitude. This is the problem we have at this moment. We have champions, but not serial champions.

‘We are in an open situation. It is difficult to win the Premier League and Champions League, but possible. If the season goes in one direction and becomes closed, and we can't win, I will go just with the kids. I am ruthless.

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‘I have very good players, players I like as players, and I like their human qualities. It is very good group of guys but 'untouchables' in football? Only consistency can give you that status.”

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