Chelsea manager, Enzo Maresca, has dropped four players from his squad for the Club World Cup which kicks off this weekend.
At least £150m worth of talent including Raheem Sterling and Joao Felix have been acxed.
The Blues are preparing to travel to the US over the next days.
Chelsea will play MLS side LAFC in the group stage ahead of fixtures against Flamengo and Tunisian outfit Esperance.
Sterling will be left at home, following his dreadful loan spell with Arsenal last season, while £45m signing Felix who was also on loan at AC Milan, has also been axed.
Defender Axel Disasi is also among those to have been omitted after spending the second-half of last season with Aston Villa.
However, the most surprising call is potentially the decision to drop goalkeeper Djordje Petrovic.
Petrovic was expected to step up after Chelsea failed to sign Mike Maignan from AC Milan.
