New Chelsea boss Frank Lampard has handed predecessor Maurizio Sarri's outcasts a clean slate.

Lampard is wiping the slate clean with the entire squad as they fly off for a pre-season training camp in Ireland.

He said: “Everybody will have the opportunity to show what they can do — their attitude, the way they play and train in pre-season.

“I would be a fool to come here with ideas to freeze anybody out, I want the best out of the squad.

“I've no pre-conceived ideas, I have got good knowledge of the squad but I need to see them over the next month."

Lampard's stance means £35million outcast Danny Drinkwater has a chance to resurrect his career.