Chelsea boss Frank Lampard admits they may allow several fringe players to leave this month.
Lampard knows there's many squad members unhappy with their lot at the moment.
He said, "We'll see what happens because we're in a very tough time in terms of Covid so anything would have to be right for the club first and foremost, for the player depending on contracts and for myself, so it's not a simple question to answer.
"You want to have a squad that means you can give real balance to it and give players minutes and have a good competition at the same time.
"I understand players are not happy when they're not playing, I understand that, I just can't make the decision to play everyone and that can be challenging. At the minute we have a big squad but the first thing is how we perform week in, week out and at the moment we're not getting the results we want. Before we were so let's hope we get back to it very soon."
