Chelsea preparing to cut loose several fringe players in January.

Chelsea boss Frank Lampard is ready to cut loose several fringe players from his squad.

Lampard has dropped a hint on whether players will be leaving Stamford Bridge in January.

Lampard said: "We have a big squad, we will see if that changes - if there are opportunities for players that aren't playing so much.

"That will be a conversation for the player, club and myself.

"Then we will see if we feel we can strengthen in the right way but we are not jumping up and down to do so.

"My focus this year is purely on work, because we have new players, because we have young players. I'm focusing on that. But we'll see. It's a long month."