Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho feels his Brazilian players are underperforming.
Despite five wins from six he is irked at the amount of time it's taken for his stars - particularly the Brazilian trio of Oscar, Willian and Ramires - to energise themselves after returning in July.
"They need holidays, they don't have holidays," Mourinho said. "They need a proper pre-season, they don't have a proper pre- season. I think players are getting in trouble and when I anticipate the next pre-season it will be even worse, because there will be international matches.
"For a World Cup some teams don't qualify; for the international fixtures, every player goes with his national team. After that, before the start of the Premier League, they are going to have, like, two weeks of pre-season."
