Jose Mourinho ready to sell Eden Hazard and three other Chelsea stars in major overhaul
DIEGO COSTA, Eden Hazard, Oscar and Nemanja Matic are all under threat as Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho plots his way out of trouble.
Posted Sunday, November 22, 2015 by Dailystar.co.uk
The Stamford Bridge chief wants a marked improvement in both performance and effort from his big-name players in the run-up to Christmas.
Mourinho's side - champs by eight points last season - have been shaky to say the least so far this term, and the Portuguese has shown in the past that he will let stars who are not performing leave.
Defender David Luiz was off-loaded to Paris St-Germain for a cool £50m last year and Mourinho already has targets in mind should he swing the axe again. 
Forwards Edinson Cavani, who is at PSG, £24m-rated Michy Batshuayi, from Marseille, West Brom's Saido Berahino and Atletico Madrid star Antoine Griezmann are all January targets.
Italian side Juventus are keen on Oscar, while Costa could return to his former club in a swap deal for Griezmann.
And although Mourinho would be reluctant to sell Player of the Year Hazard, the Belgian is high on PSG's wanted list.
Hazard's drop in form is similar to that of Matic, who is also under pressure to improve or be sold on.
Meanwhile, Gary Cahill is bracing himself for another round of fierce security measures when Chelsea travel to Israel to play Maccabi Tel-Aviv in the Champions League this week.
A win for Mourinho's men and a defeat for Dynamo Kiev in Portugal against group leaders Porto will guarantee a place in the knockout stage.
Cahill played for England against France at Wembley on Tuesday with a huge security operation in place following the attacks in Paris.
But Cahill knows he can only concentrate on the game and leave the rest to the professionals.
He said: "You just rely on people who know a hell of a lot more about the whole situation to make the sensible decisions.
"At the England-France game the security was fantastic and the game was played in the right manner."
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