Chelsea are a club in turmoil, and according to recent reports, the cracks are beginning to show behind the scenes.
Despite spending over £1 billion in the past four transfer windows, US billionaire owner Todd Boehly has failed to emulate and oversee the on-field successes of previous owner Roman Abramovich.
Following back-to-back heavy 4-1 defeats against Liverpool and Wolves, the Blues have slipped to 11th place in the Premier League table. And although Mauricio Pochettino’s job as manager remains safe for the moment, the Argentine is quickly finding himself in an almost untenable position.
It isn’t just the manager who is struggling though — according to a recent report from The Athletic, several of Chelsea’s first-team players have “privately expressed regret” after agreeing to sign lengthy contracts because they “do not see the grand project that was sold to them in the first place”.
Although names have not been included in Simon Johnson and Liam Twomey’s report, Enzo Fernandez (2031), Moises Caicedo (2031) and Mykhailo Mudryk (2031) are just some of the players committed to long deals.
The handling of the club since Boehly took charge has recently drawn strong criticism from pundits, including Graeme Souness, who believes the American has ‘done damage’ to the club, and these latest reports will do very little to ease those concerns.
Boahly and bagdaddy the biggest joke in football unfortunately they happen to own Chesea 😩😩
This owners are mistakes of owning this club . They hire wrong people . They ‘ re vision are wrong . Now player’s are unrest . Damage done souness was right . I wish the war of Ukraine didn’t exist , Roman is deadly football fanatic that has passion to win , that has passion to this team he own . Unlike this blue co , lack of knowledge of running this club . Hire people who has passion and love to Chelsea FC that produces success . Success in the field ( pitch) bring good business . I am sad to see the team I support become Mickey Mouse Disney . If only Roman and his people can comeback .