Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger says Chelsea's senior players need to get behind manager Andre Villas-Boas.
Wenger has said that Villas-Boas's mission to instil a new philosophy at Chelsea hinges on his senior players buying into the manager's vision.
Asked how difficult it will be for Villas-Boas to persuade John Terry and his team-mates to accept the Portuguese's vision, Wenger said: "It is not easy, no. But in our job you can only survive if you do how you feel. After, you can get it through or not. That is what I did. So for me it was not too difficult.
"I was just convinced of what I wanted and I was fortunate to face intelligent players: I had Steve Bould, Tony Adams, Nigel Winterburn, Lee Dixon, Martin Keown – they are all intelligent people. And they thought: 'Maybe this guy is completely mad but we will try and it can work – you never know.'"
