Antonio Rudiger thinks Chelsea will only improve under Maurizio Sarri

The England worldwide has not been included in any of Sarri's three match day squads in the league thus far and there are doubts about whether he will retain the club captaincy going forward.

"At Newcastle he won the penalty, hit the shot from the right-hand side that eventually struck Yedlin to win the game, he has been overlapping constantly since the start of the season and he hasn't stopped attacking the back post when our play is going up the right-hand side".

Gary Cahill is ready to stay and fight for a Chelsea place, despite being frozen out of Maurizio Sarri's squad and facing uncertainty over his club captaincy.

The transfer window is closed in England but remains open elsewhere, meaning Premier League players can still be sold or loaned overseas before the end of the month.

Still recuperating from World Cup exertions, the Belgian was restricted a 14 minute cameo off the bench against Huddersfield in the opening game - time enough to conjure a wonderful assist for Pedro to score his side's third goal. It ended rather quickly and comprised of Mourinho doing the 3-0 gesture with his hand and then reminding a journalist that he was won the same amount of Premier League titles - more than the other 19 managers combined.

"I think we are in the beginning, we already have everything but you have to learn in your head and pass this to your body and synchronise". For a defender it's more hard.

The newspaper also quotes Sarri from a media conference the Italian gave last week in which he was asked about Cahill. But if you saw the whole game, I wouldn't say that it's luck'. "And that he is very important for us".

Antonio Rudiger has warned Chelsea's rivals that they will keep improving under new manager Maurizio Sarri.