Chelsea assistant coach Morris names ultimate PL XI... and picks 5 former Blues

  /  autty

Footballers, managers and coaches are having to keep themselves busy during the indefinite break from the game. We've seen various 'stay at home' challenges involving toilet rolls and tea bags which have been widely shared on social media.

Now Chelsea's assistant manager Jody Morris has got in on the act by coming up with his ultimate Premier League XI after being challenged by former Rugby player and pundit Ugo Monye.

His choices are certainly controversial with no Liverpool or Manchester City players making the line-up, despite the latter's four recent titles.

Morris has a 17-year playing career before he went into coaching, starting at Chelsea where he played alongside current Blues manager Frank Lampard and John Terry.

He selected both of his good friends although with Lampard now his boss it's not surprising he made the team.

Morris joined Lampard's coaching staff when he was given his first role in management at Derby County last season and followed him back to Stamford Bridge when he was given the Chelsea job.

But Terry and Lampard are not the only ex-Blues to make the team. Petr Cech joined Chelsea in 2004, a year after Morris left, but he gets the nod in goal while Eden Hazard is selected as a left-sided attacker.

Ashley Cole, who won nine trophies with the Blues including the Champions League in 2012, is in at left back which makes a total of five ex Chelsea players.

The rest of the team is made up of players from Morris' playing era rather than current stars.

Manchester United are also well represented with five former players including Rio Ferdinand, Gary Neville, Paul Scholes and Cristiano Ronaldo.

The remaining two come from the Arsenal Invincibles - Patrick Viera and Thierry Henry.

There's no place for any of Man City's treble-winning team from last season with Sergio Aguero and Kevin De Bruyne notable absentees.

There was no room for Liverpool's Virgil Van Dijk or Mohamed Salah with Hazard and Ronaldo the only two selections that have not retired from the game.

However, he did include Van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold as 'potentials' who just missed out.

Players who didn't make the cut from Morris' era include the likes of Alan Shearer, Steven Gerrard and Wayne Rooney - who is still playing for the coach's old side Derby.

The 41-year-old has nominated 'anyone who fancies it' to have their say and perhaps some of his selections will pick their own ultimate XI.

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