Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho regrets not breaking up his title winning squad in the summer.
The Mirror says Mourinho has told his squad he feels he was too soft in the summer and should have moved some of them on before their form started to dip.
He is understood to have been prepared to shoulder the blame earlier in the season as he assessed his side's struggles. But, as the campaign and Chelsea's woes have continued, he has now concluded his players are at fault.
Their ability to produce results and performances in some games but not show up for others have strengthened his belief.
Mourinho has called out individual players at various points during the season but his frustration with his squad as a whole boiled over when he slammed them publicly and at length after the Leicester defeat.
