Todd Boehly slammed for Chelsea’s nightmares
Chelsea owner, Todd Boehly has been slammed by Gary Neville as the major problem of the team.
The blues poor run of form in the current season sees them pushing low at 12th on the log with no hope of participating in any European competition next season.
Their loss to Arsenal on Tuesday also made it six defeats in a row for caretaker manager, Frank Lampard.
Chelsea sacked Thomas Tuchel and Graham Potter in one season and had to settle for Lampard as interim head until the end of the campaign.
Chelsea sacked Thomas Tuchel and Graham Potter in one season and had to settle for Lampard as interim head until the end of the campaign.
Neville says the application from the players hasn’t been good enough but it is Boehly who must take the blame.
Speaking on the Gary Neville Podcast after the team’s loss to Arsenal, the Old Trafford legend was critical of the way the Chelsea owner has made major changes to the staffing at the club including also taken on big football decisions himself.
Neville described the match against Arsenal as ‘disgusting’ and held that the problem of the team lies with its American owner.
“It all comes from the top. It’s been chaotic, a mess since day one. Boehly has had a nightmare and misread this league. I’m sure he’ll learn quickly. What has happened this season is purely down to him.
“He needed to keep the footballing department together. He’s the non-footballing department. You’re the owner. You’re not a player or a coach. You’ve got no experience in this league so stay where you are and allow the people to run the football club [who have done so] successfully over the last 10 years.
“Try and get a year out of them to learn the ropes and keep the stability and consistency of Chelsea. Petr Cech left, Marina Granovskaia left, Thomas Tuchel was gone after a few games and all of a sudden you’re in complete turmoil. Then they flipped it to a model giving players eight-year contracts to 22-year-olds!
“When you start sacking groundsmen, physios, sports scientists, directors, managers, then you are throwing everyone under a bus saying, ‘it’s their fault not mine’. Chelsea had a successful way of running the club. This is now what Boehly has created. He created this mess. Like playing football manager, it’s been terrible.”
