“That could be a mass exodus of Chelsea players: Rio Ferdinand sends strong warning to Chelsea
Following Roman Abramovich’s sanction, Chelsea cannot sign players as it stands, neither can the club negotiate contract deal with players as well.
However, Rio Ferdinand has warned Chelsea to sort things out or else many players could leave the club during the summer.
Rio Ferdinand told BT Sport: “If you take it back to the players, that uncertainty leads to anxiety, fear and not knowing is always the worst case scenario and that’s where these players sit.”
“There will be players sitting there who are coming out of contracts going ‘there’s no way I’m staying’.
“That could be a driver for a mass exodus of players who are saying we are potentially losing our best players, we could’ve re-signed but now they’ve gone I can’t commit to this, I want three or five years or certainty rather than looking at this thinking what if this goes to litigation over the next few years where do we sit with it all.
“There are so many questions and moving parts it makes it difficult to really want to commit to a situation like that.”