“It has backfired” “Save us now” – Roman Abramovich receives strong Chelsea message as Chelsea may suffer this under Todd Bohely for the next seven years
Todd Boehly has changed Chelsea’s signing policy to prioritize potential players.
It hasn’t worked out thus far, since the Blues have had difficulties for the past two seasons.
Paul Merson has attacked Chelsea’s hiring practices as well as the long-term contracts that players under Todd Boehly’s ownership receive.
Paul Merson has attacked the approach, claiming that it has forced Chelsea to sell its own players, which has negatively impacted the club’s finances.
Paul Merson said: “It’s a waste of time talking about who Chelsea could sign to make things better. How can they?
“They’ll have to sell their home-grown players like Conor Gallagher, who’s played every game and captains the team. He’s been one of their most consistent and best players.
“They’ll probably be able to sell Gallagher for £40-50m and then because of the silly rules they’ll be able to buy someone from abroad for £100m.
“The player they are going to buy isn’t going to be better than what he is. That would just sum Chelsea up. It’s a bad cycle they have put themselves in. I don’t know what they were doing.
“We saw it against Arsenal, Kai Havertz is better than what Chelsea have got. So why would you sell someone and bring in players that are not better than what you’ve already got?
“Oh, I know. Sorry. Because in five years’ time they will be better. Where is the thinking in this? Seven and eight-year contracts? Oh my god, it’s not baseball. You’re not buying a pitcher.
“I can’t believe what I’m watching. Chelsea have got this for seven years now. Seven years.”