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Published 21:27 21 Sept 2018 BST
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"I haven't spoken to the manager [about the situation] yet. I think we will speak soon, just to see where everything is and how the land lies.
"The most important thing here is the team, but I've got to look at my situation and my future as well.
"I came back a week before the season started against three defenders who'd been back plenty of time before me.
"Whether that would have changed anything, who knows? It was the latest I've ever been back.
"So to go under a new manager, learn a new way of defending and new ideas that he has I am sure he didn't feel comfortable in putting me in and not knowing that a week before the games so I fully expected to miss the start of the season and we've not lost.
"So there's no arguments from my point of view, hence why I've not seen him. When you're winning games you have to sit tight and suck it up and deal with it. For me to do this all season is going to be very difficult.
"Everything gradually comes to an end or there's a new challenge around the corner. I've been here for six years and won six titles.
"I wore the captain's armband the majority of the season when we won the Premier League the year before last."
Chelsea started their Europa League campaign with a 1-0 win away at PAOK on Thursday night. Although Sarri made changes to his team for the game, Cahill, whose contract at Stamford Bridge expires next summer, remained on the substitutes' bench for the entirety of the game.
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