Chelsea defenders Branislav Ivanovic and Gary Cahill are reportedly set to be "phased out" by manager Antonio Conte, with the Italian eager to bring in a new full-back and two centre-backs.
According to Sami Mokbel in the Daily Mail, Ivanovic and Cahill—both below par in Saturday's 3-0 defeat to Arsenal—will be moved to the peripheries of the Blues squad when John Terry and Kurt Zouma return from injury.
Mokbel added that Conte will also look to bring in new defensive options as soon as possible in order to diminish the continued reliance on 35-year-old Terry having missed out on top targets Leonardo Bonucci of Juventus and Napoli's Kalidou Koulibaly in the summer.