https://chelsea.vitalfootball.co.uk/the-power-struggle/
"Under AVB the likes of Lampard, Terry and Drogba where all being phased out of the team, to
make way to the new breed of Chelsea youngsters like Lukaku for instance. These three players alone all have big egos and a lot of power at the club, as you can see in John Terry`s interviews he refers to the clubs owner personally by calling him ‘Roman` showing he has a close relationship with the man wielding the axe of resignation, whereas some of the other younger players who aren`t as high up in the Chelsea hierarchy refer to the owner purely as ‘the board`.
Also we can see throughout other past managers (and there`s a lot of them) such as Scolari, post-firing the newspapers were reporting about disputes, divides in the dressing-room and players such as Cech, Ballack and Drogba asking the owner to fire the manager, who at the time was still in the Champions League, FA Cup and 3rd in the league.
Scolari later stated to
The Sun:
“If results don`t get you the sack then the players will”. "