New Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino has sent a warning to his players ahead of the new Premier League season.
Pochettino officially began work as the new Blues this week after the club's disastorus season, where they finished 12th on the Premier League table.
The Blues went through three coaches last season, including Thomas Tuchel, Graham Potter and club legend Frank Lampard, who was the interim coach.
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The former Tottenham Hotspur tactician has warned his players not to make excuses when the season gets underway.
"Now we need to be competitive in the training ground or we are not going to arrive on time. If you don't move forward you are dead," Pochettino said, as per the Mirror.
"I don't want to make excuses to the players to say first of all we need time to rebuild, we need time to work, we need, we need, we need.
"No, no excuses and we start to work hard, to manage and drive the way that we want. No excuses.
"The competition doesn't wait for anyone and now we are going to start again against Liverpool in the first game to be ready to win, and if not we are going to struggle for sure."
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