Rio Ferdinand believes a number of Chelsea players will be ‘alarmed’ at Stamford Bridge and says one January signing must already be growing frustrated.

“I think the volume of players at Chelsea could be alarming for some of the players there,” Ferdinand said on BT Sport.

“A lot of those players won’t know where they stand and many of them will be surplus to requirements come the summer.

“Looking at [Benoit] Badiashile, he’s sitting there, a young centre-back who can’t get into the Champions League squad.

“He’s thinking, ‘I should be playing’. He’s probably sitting there looking at some of the players in front of him and going, ‘Hold on a minute, how have I been overlooked here?’

“That will be happening continuously throughout the squad and that’s not a good place to be.”